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Alabama

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Places

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Spoliation Claim, March 8, 1842 & March 24, 1845

 Item — Folder 962: [Barcode: 187.962]
Identifier: 4026.1122
Description

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

Dates: March 8, 1842 & March 24, 1845

Spoliation Claim, April 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 845: [Barcode: 187.845]
Identifier: 4026.1009
Description

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

Dates: April 12, 1842

Spoliation Claim, April 14, 1842

 Item — Folder 848: [Barcode: 187.848]
Identifier: 4026.1015
Description

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

Dates: April 14, 1842

The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 65
Identifier: 4027.5291
Description

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

Dates: circa 1927

Two letters from Joel Roberts Poinsett to the Cherokee Delegation with envelope, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 349: [Barcode: 187.349]
Identifier: 4026.572
Description

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

Dates: 1797 - 1897