Scope and Contents
Correspondence and legal, financial, land, and government records documenting Stand Watie's participation in the American Civil War and the government of the Cherokee Nation. Includes correspondence, land records, and a treaty draft documenting the use and negotiation of Creek and Cherokee land near Georgia and Oklahoma, 1827-1869; two receipts documenting the sale of enslaved African American people, 1832 and 1841; and letters among members of the Watie family, including Charles Watie, Charlotte Jacqueline Watie, John Watie, and Stand Watie, and their associates, including John Ross, concerning Watie family assets and family news, 1835-1937. Also includes three photographs of Watie family graves, 1976-1977.
Dates
- 1827 - 1977
- Majority of material found within 1832 - 1870
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Stand Watie Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2011.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Correspondence and legal, financial, land, and government records documenting Stand Watie's participation in the American Civil War and the government of the Cherokee Nation. Includes correspondence, land records, and a treaty draft documenting the use and negotiation of Creek and Cherokee land near Georgia and Oklahoma, 1827-1869; two receipts documenting the sale of enslaved African American people, 1832 and 1841; and letters among members of the Watie family, including Charles Watie, Charlotte Jacqueline Watie, John Watie, and Stand Watie, and their associates, including John Ross, concerning Watie family assets and family news, 1835-1937. Also includes three photographs of Watie family graves, 1976-1977.
Biographical / Historical
Stand Watie (1806-1871), Cherokee Nation leader; Confederate States brigadier general during the American Civil War; and brother of Elias Boudinot, also known as Buck Watie.
- African Americans -- Cherokee Nation
- Cherokee Indians -- Government relations
- Cherokee Indians -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Cherokee Indians -- Treaties
- Cherokee Nation
- Indians of North America
- Legal documents -- Cherokee Nation -- 19th century
- Photographs
- Ross, John, 1790-1866
- Slave trade -- United States
- Slavery -- Cherokee Nation
- Watie, Charles
- Watie, Charlotte Jacqueline, 1854-1875
- Watie, John, active 1835-1937
- Watie, Stand, 1806-1871
Source
- William Reese Co. (Bookseller)
- Title
- Guide to the Stand Watie Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Alison Clemens
- Date
- October 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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