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Collection: Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

97 Items

1907 - 1914 | pencil on paper

Notebook in Cherokee syllabary

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary with photocopy

mid-19th century–mid-20th century | ink on paper

Chart showing original Cherokee allotments

April 6, 1806 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to Mr. John Browder

mid-19th century | ink on paper

List of Daniel and Moll Ross' children

July 1866 - July 1874 | ink on paper

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten list of "Old Settlers" names

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary with translation

1824 | ink on paper

Map of Brainard Mission and family tree of Samuel Caswell and Miss. Mindwell

February 27, 1806 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of request by Return J. Meigs to John Browder

January 16, 1841 | ink on paper

Typed copy of resolutions by a Cherokee Nation committee concerning a conspiracy against the Principal Chief

June 22, 1876 | ink on paper

Typed transcript of "The Trial of Calvin Coker" originally published in The Indian Journal

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Handwritten committee voting record for president and clerk

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Typescript of biography of Joseph Roger's family

October 1, 1832 | ink on paper

A list of names drawn for the Gold Region Land Lottery

June 22, 1807 | ink on paper

Letter from Meigs at Southwest Point to John Browder

January 5, 1843 | ink on paper

Letter from Robert H. Hynds to General John Cocke

1882 | ink on paper

Photocopy of the booklet "The Indian Question Discussed by Spencer S. Stevens of the Cherokee Nation"

mid-19th century - mid-20th century | ink on paper

Typescript of an act amended by the Cherokee National Council

April 17, 1802 | ink on paper

Bill to Colonel Return J. Meigs for bar irons for use of garrison