Alabama
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Spoliation Claim, March 8, 1842 & March 24, 1845
Spoliation claim – John Riley Double Springs, Ala. sworn before D. Carter and J. D. Wofford, with 1842 statement of landing chore, and 1845 statement of Beaver Tail. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 962
Spoliation Claim, April 12, 1842
Spoliation claim. John Looney, damages by U. S. troops near Gunter's landing Ala. in 1815; sworn before Carter and Wofford. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 845
Spoliation Claim, April 14, 1842
Spoliation claim – Gunter and Campbell's settlement, Ala, Swimmer, sworn before Carter and Wofford. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 848
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65
Two letters from Joel Roberts Poinsett to the Cherokee Delegation with envelope, 1797 - 1897
Envelope for letter from Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, to delegation in Washington City. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Folder 349