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Subject Source: Gilcrease Object Names

Found in 7606 Collections and/or Records:

Unsigned Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary of the Interior J. P. Usher, July 27, 1864

 Item — Folder 1242: [Barcode: 187.1242]
Identifier: 4026.1453-.1
Description

Unsigned letter [from Cherokee Delegation] to Secretary of the Interior J. P. Usher seeking rescinding of General Blunt's General Order Number 7, restoration of Salines, and stop to driving stock out of country. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1242

Dates: July 27, 1864

Unsigned Letter from Chief John Ross for the Delegation to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett, March 25, 1837

 Item — Folder 218: [Barcode: 187.218]
Identifier: 4026.444
Description

Unsigned letter from Chief John Ross for the delegation to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett concerning termination of annuities under old Treaties. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 218

Dates: March 25, 1837

Unsigned Letter from Chief John Ross to Reverend W. Potter, February 22, 1838

 Item — Folder 304: [Barcode: 187.304]
Identifier: 4026.528-.1
Description

Unsigned letter from Chief John Ross to Reverend W. Potter regarding the opinion of the former missionary as to the preference of boarding schools. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 304

Dates: February 22, 1838

Unsigned Letter from Chief John Ross to William Shorey Coodey, December 1837

 Item — Folder 282: [Barcode: 187.282]
Identifier: 4026.508-.1
Description

Unsigned letter from Chief John Ross to William Shorey Coodey regarding Treaty position of United States, failure of Western Cherokee to name delegation, and failure of Seminole negotiations. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 282

Dates: December 1837

Unsigned letter from convention replying to Creek letter, July 18, 1839

 Item — Folder 591: [Barcode: 187.591]
Identifier: 4026.783-.1
Description

Unsigned letter from convention replying to Creek letter. (4026.755.1) (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 591

Dates: July 18, 1839

Unsigned Letter from Convention to William S. and Daniel R. Coodey, August 9, 1839

 Item — Folder 619: [Barcode: 187.619]
Identifier: 4026.809
Description

Unsigned draft copy of letter from convention ground to William S. and Daniel R. Coodey. Inviting them to examine documents before 'addressing the Agent on the subject of ridding the Cherokee country of worthless U.S. citizens; '3 or 4 whiskey peddlers will have to be killed before quiet can be restored to the Cherokee people'. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 619

Dates: August 9, 1839

Unsigned Letter from Fort Gibson to 'Secretary of War & Interior', August 18, 1864

 Item — Folder 1252: [Barcode: 187.1252]
Identifier: 4026.1461-.1
Description

Unsigned letter from Fort Gibson to 'Secretary of War & Interior' (Edwin M. Stanton & J. P. Usher) enclosing a series of resolutions and discussing subjects further. (See 4027.1502). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1252

Dates: August 18, 1864

Unsigned letter from Grand Saline to John Drew, February 10, 1853

 Item — Folder 180: [Barcode: 61.180]
Identifier: 4026.2565
Description

Letter quoted price on 50 salt kettles at $50 a kettle. Another deal was proposed to John Drew to trade his good for 90 kettles. Folder 180

Dates: February 10, 1853

Unsigned letter from John Drew to Luke Lea, July 29, 1850

 Item — Folder 159: [Barcode: 61.159]
Identifier: 4026.1694
Description

John Drew wrote Commissioner of Indian Affairs Luke Lea inquiring into Dickson's occupancy of building at Dragoon Barracks. This issue was also discussed in letter 4026.1691. Folder 159

Dates: July 29, 1850