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Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1789-1869.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Conference Between the Cherokee Nation and the United States Transcript of Minutes

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1252
Abstract

A 17-page typescript transcription of a May 1795 conference between the Cherokee Nation and the United States.

Dates: 1795

Diary of a Disbursing Agent

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3879
Abstract

A handwritten diary, written between 1834 and 1838, by a Disbursing Agent for the removal of the Cherokee Indians from the southeastern United States. The diary follows the author's travels through the southeast in the time leading up to the removal and documents their work and interactions with the Cherokee people.

Dates: 1834-1838

J. C. Spencer Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1030
Abstract

In this letter, Secretary of War J. C. Spencer asks Richard Smith, Esquire, to pay $5,034.07 in dividends on a loan made by several Indian tribes. These tribes, and the amounts due each of them, are listed at the end of the letter.

Dates: 1842 December 30

U.S. Congress Bills HR757, HR845, and HR916

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3593
Abstract

This collection consists of the full texts of HR757, HR845, and HR916 which deal with finances associated with Indian affairs and Tennessee soldiers from the Second Seminole War.

Dates: 1836 December 21-1837 February 20