Manuscripts
Found in 12984 Collections and/or Records:
Petition Claim of Sophia Pitchlynn to the Council of the Choctaw Nation, no date
Folder 3426
Petition for schools from School Commissioners in Choctaw language, September 28, 1844
Folder 439
Petition of Letter from New Echota to Chief John Ross, February 17, 1837
Petition of letter from New Echota to Chief John Ross in Washington City citing abuses of Cherokee and asking 'that you give us some encouragement of your reconciliation to the fate (which has now become evident) of the Cherokees…'Let us do the only thing that reason will allow us to do, which is to get away speedily from this state of affairs.' Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 212
Petition of Sophia Pitchlynn et al to Become Citizens of the Choctaw Nation, no date
Folder 3340
Petition of Terapin Head to Judge Charles F. Keith, September 14, 1838
Petition of Terapin Head to Judge Charles F. Keith. Regarding improvement claim. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 425
Petition Regarding Pitchlynn Heirs vs Choctaw Nation, October 18, 1909
Folder 3422
Petition Regarding Pitchlynn Heirs vs Choctaw Nation, October 18, 1909
Folder 3422
Petition Regarding Pitchlynn Heirs vs Choctaw Nation, October 18, 1909
Folder 3422
Petition sign by 32 Cherokee asking Chief John Ross to declare a day of public thanksgiving, November 1846
Petition signed by 32 Cherokees asking Chief John Ross to declare a day of public thanksgiving. Petition reflects thanksgiving for end of reign of error which prevailed as a result of post-removal factionalism. Folder 94
Petition signed by six persons regarding Henry Knave, December 7, 1809
A petition signed by six people stating that no person should settle under the protection of Henry Knave as he has made use of "grate liberties" and "shall not live in our country". Folder 8