Cherokee Copy Book, 1837-1888
Content Description
Bound handwritten copy book of letters to and from various members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina and officials in Washington, D.C. including such persons as Ulysses S. Grant, President; Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior; Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; John Ross, Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokees; James Taylor, delegate; and many others. An attempt was made to trace all of the correspondents.
Included are letters seeking arbitration for claims, payments of allocations due, resolutions of the tribal council, petitions to the government on behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokees with responses from the Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior and others.
The bulk of the material dates to the latter half of the 1870s although there is an interesting batch of correspondence between John E. Wool, Brigadeer General Commander in the area to B.F. Butler, Secretary of War in 1836 in which he relates experiences with the Cherokees, such as taking one of their chiefs, Roman Nose, prisoner to induce them to sign a treaty. An interesting archive of material pertaining to the Cherokee Indians, particularly the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina.
Dates
- Creation: 1837 - 1888
Access
This material is open for research use by any registered reader.
Use and Copyright
This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.
Extent
1 item : 87 entries (298 pages). Organized somewhat chronologically. ; 34 cm
Language of Materials
English
Call Number
E99.C5 C67 1836 Milam Oversize
Subject
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs (Organization)
- Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896 (Person)
- Smith, Edward Parmalee, 1827-1876 (Person)
- Brittain, M. L. (Marion Luther), 1886-1953 (Person)
- Taylor, James L., 1860- (Person)
- Wain, John, Cherokee Indian (Person)
- Bushyhead, George W., -1892 (Person)
- Ross, William P. (William Potter), 1820-1891 (Person)
- Adair, David (Person)
- Ross, John, fl. 1863-1881 (Person)
- Tucker, David (Person)
- Axley, James (Person)
- Lusk, Virgil S., 1836-1929 (Person)
- Roman Nose, Cherokee chief (Person)
- Liston, George E. M. (Person)
- Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 (Person)
- Johnston, William (Person)
- Terrell, James W. (Person)
- Allison, J. B. (Person)
- Murray, A. J. (Person)
- Barringer, Rufus, 1821-1895 (Person)
- Dillard, John, 1760-1842 (Person)
- Ruffin, Thomas (Person)
- Woodfin, Nicholas (Person)
- Erwin, Marcus (Person)
- Powell, John A. (Person)
- Partridge, E. A. (Person)
- O'Farrell, J. M. (Person)
- Downing, Lewis, 1823-1872 (Person)
- Deaver, William (Person)
- Swetland, Silas H. (Person)
- Adous, David (Person)
- Rollins, W. W. (Wallace W.) (Person)
- Dick, Robert P. (Person)
- Lang, John D. (Person)
- Blunt, James G. (Person)
- Cowen, B. (Person)
- Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869 (Person)
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Simpson), 1822-1885 (Person)
- McCoy, John L. (Person)
- Tramper, Robert (Person)
- Title
- Cherokee Copy Book, 1837-1888
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Marc Carlson
- Date
- 2012-03-01
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
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Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
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