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1846
Ross, John, 1790-1866
Memorial of John Ross and others [Cherokee Indians]
29th Congress., 1st session. Senate document 331. Bound in modern adhesive-style.
GLC08402
1845/02/05
Eastman, Charles G., fl. 1845
to J. T. Fields re: his poetry with copy of poem [Indian related]
Charles Eastman was a Sioux Indian, Dartmouth graduate and friend of Sitting Bull.
GLC08445.07
1828
Binns, John, 1772-1860
Monumental Inscriptions.
8 images of fictitious funeral monuments, each to a man executed by Jackson. The first six are for Tennessee militiamen executed in February 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, for being deserters. The last two are for John Woods, a mutineer...
GLC08460
1852
Laws of the Cherokee Nation...
GLC07383
August 3, 1857
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Capt. Nathan G. Evans
A humorous letter to his friend from West Point. Also concerns fighting indians and paying for a gun. Lee remained in Texas by order of General Twiggs. The letter also mentions Hood fighting Indians and A.S. Sydney going to Utah to fight Mormons
GLC01031
March 27, 1820
Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858
to Jasper Parish
Writes to Parish, an interpreter and Indian agent to the Six Nations, about a proposal to remove the Iroquois tribes of upstate New York to the Old Northwest. Discusses Secretary of War John C. Calhoun's intention to arrange for the move, which...
GLC00923
June 10, 1832
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
to S.L. Gouverneur
Vice President Calhoun wrote this letter after his falling out with President Andrew Jackson over Jackson's pursuit of the Seminole Indians into Florida during the first Seminole War. Discusses the Seminole Affair and questions a recently published...
GLC01118
15 November 1837
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Appointing Holland Coffee agent of Texas for the Comanches
Sealed with green, yellow and white ribbons with paper seal. Republic of Texas. Document length does not include full ribbon lengths. Full measurement with document: 40.7 x 40 cm.
GLC01119.01
1838-1866
Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]
Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.
GLC01233
1846/08/06
United States. Treaties, etc.
Treaty between the US and Cherokee Nation
Signed by John Ross and Stand Watie, both great Cherokee chiefs.
GLC01233.05
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