Letter in Cherokee syllabary from Lewis Downing to Cooweescoowee (John Ross), April 10, 1864
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 81
Identifier: 4926.273
Description
Handwritten letter in Cherokee syllabary and signed in English by Lewis Downing and addressed to Cooweescoowee (John Ross). Includes photocopy with translation handwritten on it. Folder 81
Dates
- April 10, 1864
Creator
- Lewis Downing (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English and Cherokee.
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 93 item(s)
Medium
Ink on paper
- American Civil War
- Anglicized Cherokee Phonetics -- Anglicised Cherokee Phonetics
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Civil War
- Cherokee Names
- Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection
- Cherokee Syllabary
- Cherokee Translation
- Henry -- gvsani
- Jenny
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- Letter
- Lewis Downing -- tsuwano'asgi -- Luwi Sawanasgi -- luge tsuwano'asgi
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Ross, John, Chief, 1790 - 1866 (Recipient)
- The Rose Cottage -- unigvwiyuhiyi
- Tsalagi
- Wonvtsuwa
- archives -- archive
- borrowing clothing
- correspondence
- inter-tribal identity
- inter-tribal relations
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- phonetic names
- post-Removal
- syllabaries -- syllabary
Creator
- Lewis Downing (Author, Person)
Repository Details
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