Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward, August 2, 1830
Description
Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward transmitting a copy of his July 29th letter to Colonel Montgomery, Cherokee Agent, setting forth the President's views on Indian removal. Five folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on 19 pages. Folder 40
Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"
Dates
- Creation: August 2, 1830
Creator
- Eaton, J. H. (Artist, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Bison (genus) -- bisons (bovines) -- bison -- buffaloes -- buffalo
- Letter
- manuscripts
- Panthera pardus (species) -- leopards -- leopard -- panthers
- agriculture (discipline)
- archives -- archive
- aristocracy
- chieftains -- chieftain -- chiefs (tribal leader)
- churches (buildings) -- church
- constitutions -- Constitution
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- corn (seed)
- creeks (bodies of water) -- creek
- firearms -- firearm
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- missionaries -- missionary
- preachers -- preacher
- presidents -- president
- schools -- school
- skin -- skins
- Treaties -- Treaty
- woman -- women
Geographic
- Alabama
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Creek Nation
- Franklin (county)
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Lake Erie -- Lake Okswego
- Mississippi River
- New York
- Ohio
- United States
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Ethiopian (culture or style)
- Muscogee -- Mvsoke -- Creek (culture or style) -- Muskogee
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Seneca (culture or style)
- pre-Removal
Topical
- Andrew Jackson
- Cherokee Agent
- Colonel Ward
- Council House
- God
- Hugh Montgomery
- Indian Agent
- Indian Removal
- J. H. Eaton
- John Ross Papers
- Red Jacket
- Red Man
- Savage
- Secretary of War
- citizens -- citizen
- civilized
- Congress
- corporal punishment
- crime (social issue)
- education -- educational
- fee simple
- freedom -- liberty
- illiterate
- murders -- murder
- property (legal concept)
- religion -- religious
- republics -- republic
- science -- sciences -- scientific
- slavery -- slave keeping
- sovereignty -- sovereignity
- taxes -- tax
- tribes -- tribe -- tribal societies
- unions -- Union
- White Man
- white people
- wild turkey
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository