MS 2936 Board of Cherokee Commissioners Drafts and Copies of Documents
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content: NAA MS 2936
name: label: Creator
content: Board of Cherokee Commissioners
creator: label: Creator
content: Board of Cherokee Commissioners
culture: label: Culture
content: Cherokee
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Board established under the Treaty of 1835 [In existence May 23, 1844 - July 17, 1845]
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Used or created by the Commissioners, George C. Washington, and John T. Mason.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Portfolio
unitdate: label: Date
content: May 23, 1844-Jly 23, 1845
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Received 1918, original source unknown. Marked in J. N. B. Hewittʹs hand, "Cherokee Letters, 1918, from Miss Poast," Miss Poast being secretary to the Chief of the Bureau at that time. Presumably the official records of the Cherokee Commissioners are in the National Archives.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2936
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Portfolios
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes regulations of the Board, letters sent, synopses of claims, opinions, statements of claim presented and claims allowed, and final report. Also two letters received, apparently originals.