John Howard Payne Papers, 3-volume Set

Rowena McClinton is a professor emerita of history at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She is the editor of The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees, 2-volume set (Nebraska, 2007) and The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees: Abridged (Nebraska, 2010), among other works.

“Vitally important. John Howard Payne’s Papers of the Payne-Butrick Papers include a wealth of detailed, rich, and varied information about Cherokee and southern Indigenous life and politics collected during the nineteenth century. These significant volumes, meticulously transcribed and edited by expert documentary editor Rowena McClinton, will contribute widely to the fields of southern history, Native American history, and Cherokee studies.”-Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake “A godsend for students of the history of the Cherokee Nation. Publication of John Howard Payne’s Papers of the Payne-Butrick Papers will open up a new universe of information to students and scholars interested in Cherokee history and early Indian Territory periods. McClinton is the perfect editor for this enormous responsibility.”-Tim Alan Garrison, coeditor of The Native South: New Histories and Enduring Legacies

• [Volume 7]List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction   Editorial Method and SymbolsList of Abbreviations and DefinitionsVolume 71. Correspondence of Charles R. Hicks to John Ross, 1825–262. Message of the Principal Chief to the General Council of the Cherokee Nation, July 1830 0003. “Memorial of the Cherokees,” December 18294. Message from the President of the U.S. regarding the Cherokee Council to Col. H. Montgomery, December 8, 18285. Correspondence and Documents regarding the Cherokee Council, 1817–276. Documents regarding the Cherokee Council, 1826–287. Correspondence and Documents of John Ross et al. regarding the Cherokee Council, 1828–298. Correspondence of John Ross to Richard Taylor, John Ridge, William Coodey, John Martin, and Others, November 19, 1830, and April 14, October 5, and December 1, 18319. Letters to and from Elizur Butler and His Friends and Family, 1831–3210. “Release of the Imprisoned Missionaries,” regarding Elizur Butler and Samuel Worcester, by Church Missionary Society, March 183311. Correspondence and Documents of John Ross et al. and the Cherokee Council with U.S. Agents and Commissioners regarding the Cherokee Nation and the Issue of Removal, February 8, 1834–June 2, 1835, including Articles of a Treaty Agreed Upon at the City of Washington by J. F. Schermerhorn, and Andrew Jackson Letter to the Cherokee Nation12. Correspondence and Documents of John Ross et al. and the Cherokee Council with U.S. Agents and Commissioners regarding the Cherokee Nation and the Issue of Removal, May 16–September 9, 183513. Correspondence and Documents of John Ross and the Cherokee Council with U.S. Agents and Commissioners regarding the Cherokee Nation and the 1835 Issue of Removal, October 12, 183514. Correspondence and Documents of John Ross et al. and the Cherokee Council with U.S. Agents and Commissioners regarding the Cherokee Nation and the Issue of Removal, October 25–December 2, 183515. Correspondence and Documents of John Ross and the Cherokee Council with U.S. Agents and Commissioners regarding the Cherokee Nation and the Issue of Removal, including J. F. Schermerhorn’s Document A and Notes for Ross’s Reply16. Conference with Certain Chiefs and Warriors of the Cherokee Nation at Philadelphia, June 1794, part 217. Request for Resignation of John Ridge from the Coosoowatee District Committee, October 1833, including Cherokee Syllabary18. Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings, 183819. Newspaper Clipping from Cherokee Phoenix Extra, January 1, 1830Notes to Volume 7  [Volumes 8–10]List of IllustrationsEditorial Method and SymbolsList of Abbreviations and DefinitionsVolume 81. Letters from Brainerd Missionary Station, May 16–July 16, 18282. Poems and Hymns Copied by John Ridge at Cornwall Mission School, February–March 18193. Mathematical School Lessons Apparently by John Ridge at the Cornwall Mission School 0004. Correspondence of John Ridge with Albert Gallatin, February 27, 18265. Strictures on the Report of the Joint Committee on the State of the Republic in the Legislature of Georgia, on the Subject of the Cherokee Lands6. Ledger Pages for Accounts of the Cherokee Nation for Expenses Incur’d under an Arrangement with Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, August 2, 1838Volume 91. Daniel S. Butrick to John H. Payne, January 12, 18412. George Gilmer to Elizur Butler, May 16, 18313. Rev. John Mercer to Elizur Butler, June 18, 18324. J. W. Sanford for Governor Gilmer to Elizur Butler, May 28, 18325. Daniel S. Butrick to John H. Payne, January 19, 18416. Daniel S. Butrick to John Ridge, June 24, 18367. Daniel S. Butrick to Elias Boudinot, July 2, 18368. Daniel S. Butrick to John Ridge and Elias Boudinot, November 5, 18369. Daniel S. Butrick to Rev. David Greene, June 24, 183610. Daniel S. Butrick to Rev. David Greene, September 5, 183611. Daniel S. Butrick to [?], November 26, 183612. Daniel S. Butrick to John H. Payne, April 4, 183913. Daniel S. Butrick to John H. Payne, June 6, 1839Volume 101. A Topographical Description of the Creek Country in the Years 1798 and 1799 and State of the War Party in September, 1813, etc. by Benjamin Hawkins2. A Description of the Emigration, Habits, etc. of the N. Western Indians, 1817, by William Turner3. Customs and Manners of the Sioux by James Price Evans MD4. Names Given by the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians to Rivers, Streams, Places, etc., 1833, by John Heckewelder5. Correspondence of William Byrd Powell with John H. Payne, 1835–376. Correspondence of Gerard Troost with General Armstrong, November 20, 18397. Correspondence of Gerard Troost with John H. Payne, November 20, 18398. Gerard Troost’s Manuscript Memoir on Indian MummiesNotes to Volume 8Notes to Volume 9Notes to Volume 10  [Volumes 11–14]Editorial Method and SymbolsAbbreviations and GlossaryVolume 11Early History of American Indians, Part 1: Comparison between Hindus and Persians with Mexicans and PeruviansEarly History of American Indians, Part 2: Chronological History of America (1512–1820)Early History of American Indians, Part 3: European Chronology, “Giants,” etc.Early History of American Indians, Part 4: Origin of the Mexicans, Names of Places, Mechanical Arts and Manufactures, etc.Early History of American Indians, Part 5: Manners and Customs of the Indians, etc.Volume 12Memoranda and Letters Submitted in 1842 to Secretary of War in Reference to the Execution of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835 by John H. PayneVolume 13Memoranda in Regard to a Contemplated Examination into the Transactions of the Commissioners under the 17th Article of the Treaty of 1835 with the Cherokees by John H. PayneVolume 14Publications Justifying the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Missionary Case [by William Wirt]Biography of John Howard PayneNotes to Volume 11Notes to Volume 12Notes to Volume 13Notes to Volume 14Notes to Biography of John Howard PayneIndex