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1798/11/24
Henderson, Ann (fl. 1798)
Court deposition transcript of Cherokee land sale in Tenn. (signed with mark)
Transcript of court deposition, signed by Henderson with her mark. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC07311
4 November 1813
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to David Holmes
Informs Mississippi Territory's Governor Holmes that on 2 November 1813, General John Coffee attacked the Creek Indians at Tallaseehatchee in upper Alabama, killing 186 warriors and taking 86 women and children prisoners. Concludes: "If I had...
GLC07371
16 March 1835
To the Cherokee Tribe of Indians East of the Mississippi [circular] [removal]
Printed circular letter. "I have no motive, my friends, to deceive you...circumstances that cannot be controlled, and which are beyond the reach of human laws, render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have...
GLC07377
2 June 1818
to John C. Calhoun
The war against the Seminole Indians. "I have deemed it advisable to call into service... two companies of rangers ...with instructions to scour the country... exterminating every hostile party who dare... not surrender & remove their families above...
GLC07378
1840
Constitution and Laws of Cherokee Nation
Constitution of reunited tribes.
GLC07382
1866
Communication of the Delegation of the Cherokee Nation to the President...
Correspondence between John Ross, Principal Chief, and certain officers of the Rebellious States: Defending Cherokee Treaty with Confederacy; the Cherokee Constitution allowing for slavery and segregation of blacks.
GLC07384.06
22 March 1833
[Retained clerical copy of a treaty between the United States and the Ottawa Indians]
Manuscript copy of the treaty made on 18 February 1833 between the Ottawa chiefs "residing on the Indian Reserves on the Miami of Lake Erie" and George B. Porter, the United States commissioner. Outlines the cession of Ottawa land in Ohio, the...
GLC07392
14 December 1864
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Authority to affix the seal of the Unites States to a treaty with the Tabeguache Band of Ute Indians]
Partially printed authority for a treaty concluded on 7 October 1863.
GLC07394
17 January 1865
[Authority to affix the seal to treaty with Northwestern Shoshonee Indians].
Lincoln authorizes a treaty with the Northwestern Bands of Shoshonee Indians dated July 30, 1863. The treaty was made at Box Elder, Utah Territory. Brigadier General P. Edward Connor, commander of the military district of Utah, and Commissioner James...
GLC07395
14 March 1838
Smith, Daniel (fl. 1838)
Clerical copy of an article from the Treaty of 1805
GLC07562.03.11
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