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Tennessee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Places

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Power of Attorney from Big Mush to Chief John Ross, March 27, 1845

 Item — Folder 965: [Barcode: 187.965]
Identifier: 4026.1125-.1
Description

Power of Attorney from Big Mush to Ross. To pursue claim with respect to reservation of Choctaw. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 965

Dates: March 27, 1845
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Power of Attorney from Jakes Bigbey to Chief John Ross, April 7, 1842

 Item — Folder 835: [Barcode: 187.835]
Identifier: 4026.1000
Description

Power of Attorney from Jakes Bigbey to Ross, Washington City, to recover land in Tennessee reserved under Treaties of 1817 and 1819. Single folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 835

Dates: April 7, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Printed Message from Governor William Carrol of Tennessee to the Tennessee Legislature, September 16, 1833

 Item — Folder 84: [Barcode: 187.84]
Identifier: 4126.15
Description

Printed message from Governor William Carrol of Tennessee to the Tennessee Legislature. Among other things it raises the question of extending state land to Indians. Folder 84.

Dates: September 16, 1833
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 45
Identifier: 3726.360
Description

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

Dates: July 1866 - July 1874
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.39, Cherokee Papers

Progress Map of the U. S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1877

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.360
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...
Dates: 1877
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.Maps, Gilcrease Museum Map Collection

Red Clay Council, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 1397: [Barcode: 187.1397]
Identifier: 4126.85.5
Description

Newspaper clipping referencing the Red Clay Council. Folder 1397

Dates: 1797 - 1897
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Spoliation claim, March 7, 1842

 Item — Folder 797: [Barcode: 187.797]
Identifier: 4026.965-.1
Description

Spoliation claim - Lookout Valley, Tenn. Charles Benge; Sworn before G. W. Gunter, Special Clerk, Skin Bayou District. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 797

Dates: March 7, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Spoliation Claim, March 16, 1842

 Item — Folder 808: [Barcode: 187.808]
Identifier: 4026.974
Description

Spoliation Claim – Southwest Point, Tenn., Mrs. Susanna Riley; sworn before Carter and Wofford. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 808

Dates: March 16, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Spoliation Claim, April 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 841: [Barcode: 187.841]
Identifier: 4026.1005-.1
Description

Spoliation claim, Fort Deposit, Tenn., James Hughs, sworn before Carter and Wofford. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 841

Dates: April 12, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Spoliation Claim, April 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 843: [Barcode: 187.843]
Identifier: 4026.1007
Description

Spoliation claim, Long Savannah, Tenn., Mrs. Che-yan-stam-cyk-son-me; sworn before Carter and Wofford. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 843

Dates: April 12, 1842
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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