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Box O-20
1. Charles Thompson to the National Council, Dec. 1, 1875, re
appropriations for articles needed.
Also, Thompson to National Council, Dec. 3, 1875.
2. Acts approved by C. Thompson from the Cherokee Advocate,
March 1, 1876, re the law that the Cherokee Advocate be continued by the
Cherokee Nation.
3. Editorial on Thompson from the Cherokee Advocate,
March 11, 1876, re contract of bids for a printing office, etc.
4. Laws of the Cherokee Nation from the Cherokee Advocate,
March 18, 1876, re appropriations of payment list and other acts.
5. Editorial on the New Code, from the Cherokee Advocate,
April 8, 1876, re publishing laws in Cherokee, etc.
6. Letter of W. L. Miller to editor of Cherokee Advocate,
from the Cherokee Advocate,
April
15, 1876, re the case of the Supreme Court vs. the Chief of the Cherokee.
7. Letter of Thompson from the Cherokee Advocate, April
22, 1876, re the right of the nation to make their own laws.
8. Proclamation approved by Thompson from the Cherokee
Advocate, April 29, 1876, re the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction.
9. Thompson to National Council of Cherokee Nation, Nov. 7,
1876, re delay in the annual message of the Chief.
10. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 10, 1876, re North Carolina
Cherokee recognition.
11. Senate Bill No. 6 an act relating to the North Carolina
Cherokee.
12. Message of Thompson from the Cherokee Advocate, Nov. 11,
1876, re state of affairs in the nation.
13. Thompson to the National Council, Nov. 15, 1876, re bill
regarding the sheriff of Illinois Dist and an appropriation.
14. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 16, 1876, re the
disposition of a trust fund.
15. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 25, 1876, re Thompson
refusing an act abolishing the office of Sheriff.
16. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 27, 1876, re claims of a
family in relief fund.
17. Thompson to the National Council, Dec. 7, 1876, re rejecting
an act to instruct the Delegation.
18. Thompson to National Council, Dec. 8, 1876, re approval of
bill authorizing payment of members of the National Council.
19. Thompson to a printer, August 12, 1877, re printed copies of
the laws of the nation.
20. Reply of Chief Thompson to J. Q. Smith from the Cherokee
Advocate, Sept. 5, 1877, re intruders on the Indian lands.
21. Reply of Thompson to Smith from the Cherokee Advocate,
Sept. 12, 1877, re intruders on Indian lands.
22. Reply of Thompson to Smith, from the Cherokee Advocate,
Sept. 19, 1877, re intruders to Indian lands.
23. Ibid., Sept. 26, 1877.
24. Ibid., Oct. 17, 1877.
25. Ibid., Oct. 24, 1877.
26. Ibid., Nov. 7, 1877.
27. Thompson to the National Council, Nov. 13, 1877, re recommend
legislation to the group and the general condition of affairs.
28. Reply of Thompson to Smith, from the Cherokee Advocate,
Nov. 17, 1877, re intruders in Indian lands.
29. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 28, 1877, re sending back
unsigned a bill for an amendment of the laws of the Nation.
30. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 30, 1877, re estimate of
expenditures of the Cherokee Advocate Office.
31. Thompson on Oklahoma Territory from the Star Vindicator,
Dec. 1, 1877, re an article in the Cherokee Advocate on Indians and President
Grant.
32. Thompson to the National Council, Dec. 1, 1877, re refusal of
a bill increasing the salary of doctors at the schools.
Box O-21
1. Thompson to the National Council, Dec. 3, 1877, re refusal
to sign an act regarding provisions for a Board of Education.
2. The Cherokee Council from the Star Vindicator, Dec.
15, 1877, re the failure of the Council to enact any significant legislation.
3. Thompson to National Council, Jan. 7, 1878, re Thompson
remarking on the reason for the call of an extra session of the Council.
4. Thompson to the National Council, Jan. 9, 1878, re the need
for more appropriations for the delegates in Washington.
5. Thompson’s Special Message to the Council from the Cherokee
Advocate, Jan. 12, 1878, re proposed legislation.
6. Thompson to Secretary of Interior, Feb. 18, 1878, re claims
of Cherokee to lands in the Indian Territory.
7. Letter of Full-Blood from the Star Vindicator, March
9, 1878, re remarks on the state of affairs in the Cherokee lands.
8. Thompson to Comm. of General Land Office, June 27, 1878, re
the status of the land known as the “old Cherokee Reservation.”
9. Pardon of John Still by Thompson from the Cherokee
Advocate, June 28, 1878.
10. Barclay to Thompson, July 19, 1878, re Indian children slaves.
11. Thompson to the Council submitting the above letter, Nov. 25,
1878.
12. Letter of Thompson to Carl Schurz, from the Cherokee
Advocate, August 17, 1878, re sending of acts from the Cherokee Council to
the Secretary of the Interior.
13. Thompson to Lipe from the Cherokee Advocate, August 24,
1878, re authority of Cherokee over Indian lands.
14. Thompson to Schurz, from the Cherokee Advocate, Sept.
7, 1878, re the depredations to the Cherokee Nation from the borders of
adjoining states.
15. Thompson from the Dept. of Interior, Sept. 25, 1878, re Indian
lands and Cherokees.
16. Thompson to Dept. of Interior, Oct. 8, 1878, re Cherokee
lands.
17. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 7, 1878, re establishment
of Board of Education and schools, etc.
18. Message of Thompson from the Cherokee Advocate, Nov. 9,
1878, re state of affairs in the Nation.
19. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 13, 1878, re transmit the
report of Special Commissioners to visit the Creek Nation to restore peace with
that Nation.
20. Thompson to the National Council, Nov. 26, 1878, re the
condition of prisons in the lands.
21. Thompson to the National Council, Nov. 30, 1878, re payment of
school teachers.
22. Thompson to National Council, Dec. 2, 1878, re presentation of
printing contracts to put the laws into Cherokee.
23. Thompson to National Council, submitting letters from the
government in Washington, Dec. 4, 1878.
24. Thompson to National Council, Dec. 5, 1878, re the amount
necessary for postage stamps.
25. Thompson to National Council, Dec. 10, 1878, re expenditures
of a Special Agent.
26. Thompson to the National Council, Dec. 11, 1878, re repair of
the capitol building.
27. Thompson to National Council, Dec. 12, 1878, re the time of
the adjournment of the legislature.
28. Thompson to the National Council, transmitting documents, Dec.
12, 1878.
29. Thompson to the National Council, Dec. 12, 1878, re conduct of
James Barker.
30. Obituary
on Thompson, from the Indian Chieftain, July 2, 1891.
31. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 29, 1876, re cost of
messengers to carry on business.
32. Thompson to National Council, Nov. 27, 1878, re Cherokee lands
in Arkansas.
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