Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Eastern Band of Cherokees were those who, under the leadership of John Ross, did not subscribe to the treaty of New Echota (1835) and had to be removed by force to the Western lands. However, there had been emigration to the West as early as 1810 by groups who wished to leave Georgia and the term "Western Cherokees" was applied to this group as well as to later emigrants. The papers in the Gilcrease files labeled "Eastern...

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A map of North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville. Improved with the Back Settlements of Virginia and Course of Ohio.

Description An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with Two Insets: Port Royal and Charleston Drawn from Actual Surveys. This map is made up of two sheets. Transcript (DCI) An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina With Their Indian Frontiers. Shewing [sic] in a distinct manner all the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks, and Sounding on the Coasts; with The Roads and Indian Paths, as well as The Boundary or...

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Traveller's Guide- S. Augustus Mitchell

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A map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Gilcrease Cartographic Collection was initially created as a storage designation for maps found in the manuscript collections and for the few original maps purchased during the life of Thomas Gilcrease. From the collections initial humble beginnings, it has continued to grow into am official map collection through additional gifts and purchases. The collection includes atlases, hand drawn maps from the manuscript...

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Notes on Treaty of 1755 with South Carolina and building Fort Loudon and Tellico Block House from Ramsey's History of South Carolina, 1809. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1374

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Order by William. Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina requesting citizens to provide subsistence to the Cherokee headmen returning from the meeting in Charles Town. Folder 4

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Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45

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Record of conversation between John Lowry and President James Madison. The latter mentioned war losses, iron works, and smith shops, and willingness to cede a piece of South Carolina land. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 6