Friday, February 26, 2010

Cherokee Removal Correspondence 1836: Lumpkin Letter to Jackson





Letter from Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, Cherokee Indian Commissioner, September 24, 1836 to President of the U.S. (Andrew Jackson), p. 13 (1st page of letter)




Letter from Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, Cherokee Indian Commissioner, September 24, 1836 to President of the U.S. (Andrew Jackson), p. 14




Letter from Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, Cherokee Indian Commissioner, September 24, 1836 to President of the U.S. (Andrew Jackson), p. 15


Letter from Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, Cherokee Indian Commissioner, September 24, 1836 to President of the U.S. (Andrew Jackson), p. 16

Letter from Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, Cherokee Indian Commissioner, September 24, 1836 to President of the U.S. (Andrew Jackson), p. 17


Letter from Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, Cherokee Indian Commissioner, September 24, 1836 to President of the U.S. (Andrew Jackson), p. 18; then beginning of
Letter from Gov. Wilson Lumpkin, Cherokee Indian Commissioner, to Gen. John E. Wool of US Army; Athens, Georgia, 24 September 1836
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Cherokee Removal Correspondence 1834: Harris financial records






Lt. Joseph Harris, Estimates of Funds for Cherokee Removal, March 1834

Lt. Joseph Harris, Estimates of Funds for Cherokee Removal, March 1834


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Cherokee Removal correspondence 1831 McClintock letters

Letter written 7 December 1831 from W. L. McClintock, Cherokee Removal Agent, to Brig. Genl George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War

Letter written 16 December 1831 from W. L. McClintock, Cherokee Removal Agent, to Brig. Genl George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, p 1


Letter written 16 December 1831 from W. L. McClintock, Cherokee Removal Agent, to Brig. Genl George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, p 2



Letter written 16 December 1831 from W. L. McClintock, Cherokee Removal Agent, to Brig. Genl George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, p 3

Letter written 16 December 1831 from W. L. McClintock, Cherokee Removal Agent, to Brig. Genl George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, p. 4

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Cherokee Removal correspondence 1831: Secretary of War Lewis Cass

Letter from Secretary of War Lewis Cass to Commissary General of Subsistence (Dept of War) George Gibson, 3 September 1831, p. 1

Letter from Secretary of War Lewis Cass to Commissary General of Subsistence (Dept of War) George Gibson, 3 September 1831, p. 2

Letter from Secretary of War Lewis Cass to Commissary General of Subsistence (Dept of War) George Gibson, 3 September 1831, p. 3



Extract of letter from Secretary of War Lewis Cass to Benjamin Curry appointing him Superintendent for the Removal of the Cherokees, 1 September 1831
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Cherokee Removal correspondence 1832, F. L. Dancy

Abstract of Disbursements for Transportation of Indians, by F. L. Dancy, Quarter ending 31 December 1832, left side
Office of Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War


Abstract of Disbursements for Transportation of Indians, by F. L. Dancy, Quarter ending 31 December 1832, right side
Office of Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War

Abstract of Disbursements for Transportation of Indians, by F. L. Dancy, Quarter ending 31 December 1832, back cover
Office of Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War


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Cherokee Removal correspondence 1832: Curry to Gibson



Letter dated 29 November 1832 from Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to Commissary General of Subsistence (George Gibson), p. 1

Letter dated 29 November 1832 from Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to Commissary General of Subsistence (George Gibson), p. 2


Letter dated 29 November 1832 from Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to Commissary General of Subsistence (George Gibson), p. 3


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Cherokee Removal correspondence 1832: Curry to Hook

Letter dated 29 September 1832 from Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to Major J. H. Hook, Acting Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, p. 1


Letter dated 29 September 1832 from Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to Major J. H. Hook, Acting Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, p. 2


Letter dated 29 September 1832 from Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to Major J. H. Hook, Acting Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, p. 3



Letter dated 29 September 1832 from Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal, to Major J. H. Hook, Acting Commissary General of Subsistence, Department of War, back cover

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Cherokee Removal correspondence 1834: George Gibson to McClintock, Pepper, Curry, Cass [missing image 340]


Correspondence from Gen. George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, U.S. War Department--the agency assigned the task of conducting the Indian Removal until Nov. 1836. This office was responsible for the Removal to the West and for the subsistence of the Indians for a year afterward. Gen. Gibson was Commissary Genl from 1830-1836.

to Capt. W. L. McClintock, 26 March 1834

to A.C. Pepper of Rising Sun, Indiana, 26 March 1834

to Benjamin F. Curry, Superintendent of Cherokee Agency, 30 May 1834

to Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, 4 June 1834
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Cherokee Removal Correspondence 1834: George Gibson to Cass, Harris, Brown


Correspondence from Gen. George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, U.S. War Department--the agency assigned the task of conducting the Indian Removal until Nov. 1836. This office was responsible for the Removal to the West and for the subsistence of the Indians for a year afterward. Gen. Gibson was Commissary Genl from 1830-1836.

to Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, 8 July 1834

to Lt. Joseph Harris, Disbursing Agent, 9 July 1834











to William B. Lewis, Auditor, U.S. Treasury Department, 9 July 1834

to Lt. Joseph W. Harris, Disbursing Agent at Cherokee Agency, 10 July 1834


















to Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, 10 July 1834

to Captain Jacob Brown, 10 July 1834

Cherokee Removal Correspondence 1833: Gibson [to Lt. Joseph Harris, Supt. Benjamin Curry [missing image 335, p. 129]

Letter to Lt. J.W. Harris, agent for Cherokee Removal, from George Gibson, Commissary General of Subsistence, 28 December 1833, regarding plans for Cherokee Removal from Georgia





Cherokee Removal Correspondence: John C. Calhoun to Joseph McMinn 1820, William Medill to Hardin Brewster 1847



Letter from Secretary of War John C. Calhoun to Joseph McMinn, Governor of Tennessee, dated 14 August 1820 regarding Cherokee Removal, with a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General















































Letter dated 20 March 1847 to Hardin Brewster, Cherokee Commissioner in Washington, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs William Medill, Office of Indian Affairs, War Department regarding the claim to reservation land of Betsey McIntosh and family
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Letter dated 20 March 1847 to Hardin Brewster, Cherokee Commissioner in Washington, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs William Medill, Office of Indian Affairs, War Department regarding the claim to reservation land of Betsey McIntosh and family
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Letter dated 20 March 1847 to Hardin Brewster, Cherokee Commissioner in Washington, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs William Medill, Office of Indian Affairs, War Department regarding the claim to reservation land of Betsey McIntosh and family
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Letter dated 20 March 1847 to Hardin Brewster, Cherokee Commissioner in Washington, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs William Medill, Office of Indian Affairs, War Department regarding the claim to reservation land of Betsey McIntosh and family
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