- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Certificate of Charles E. Mix, Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, 1859 Sept. 14 of an image
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 2, document wt196.
- Date of Original:
- 1859-09-14
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Treaties - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- legal documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- On September 14, 1859, Charles E. Mix, acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, certifies that the claims of Andrew Taylor, under the Treaty of New Echota (1835), were examined and denied by the appointed commissioners. Also included is a statement by Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, testifying to Mix's authority in this matter.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- wt196
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt196
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt196#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt196/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2058 William Holland Thomas , Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
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Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs
September 14th 1859
I, Charles E. Mix, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, do hereby certify that, the Records in this Office Show, that Commissioners Washington and Mason (3rd Board) appointed to examine claims under the treaty of
1835 -
6 with the Cherokees, had under adjudication the Claim of Andrew Taylor, for the value of a Pre-emption, under said treaty -- and, that they rejected the same -- ; Also, that the same Claim was considered by the 4th and last Board of Commissioners, and by them finally rejected.
[Signed] Charles E. Mix
I, Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, do hereby certify that Charles E. Mix, who signed the above certificate was at the date thereof Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and that his acts as such, are entitled to full credit.
Given under my hand and the
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Seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States of America, this the
fourteenth day of September Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and fifty nine.
[ Note: A seal of the Department of the Interior appears on this page. ]
[Signed] J. [Jacob] Thompson Secry. [Secretary] of the Interior
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Rejection of Andrew Taylor Preemption [Pre-emption] claims