Box 1

Typed copy of pertinent sections of early Spanish Legal Code of the Ordinance of 1787 and Papal Bull 1537 all pertaining to the legal rights of American Indians to the lands occupied by them.

Typed copy of a treaty dated 1 Oct 1800, between Spain and France for cession of Louisiana Territory

Typed copy of a applicable provisions treaty dated 30 Apr 1803 between US and the Republic of France for cession to US of Louisiana Territory.

Typed copy of an abstract of the Brooks Treaty and Supplementary Articles between US and the Caddo Indians dated 1 Jul 1835.

Typed copy of excerpts from the transcripts from United States Plaintiffs v. Jehiel Brooks Supreme Court Case 1848.

Handwritten list of trustees for the orphan asylum, the seminary, and the insane asylum. Also includes names of the School Commissioners, the High Sheriff, and the names substituted by Chief Thompson.

Handwritten draft of Article 12: "It will favor the fostering of industry and the encouragement of enterprise and the developments of the resources of the Nation by a wise and liberal policy toward labor…" S.H. Benge, President of Convention of Tahlequah.

Typed draft of US Congressional bill to refer all claims of the Cherokee Indians, whether as individuals or otherwise, to the Court of Claims, per the Treaty of 1866.

Handwritten and signed draft, and photostatic negatives of same, of An Act to prohibit the sale and transportation of hay beyond the limits of the Cherokee Nation.

Photonegatives of 1975.006.1.Cherokee.068