Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to William H. Underwood, Esquire, September 3, 1830
Description
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to William H. Underwood, Esquire regarding legal proceedings. (Moulton). Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 43
Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"
Dates
- September 3, 1830
Creator
- Ross, John, Chief, 1790 - 1866 (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Bibliography
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall (The unfolded letter dimensions): 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Folded (The folded letter dimensions): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The envelope's dimensions): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Overall (The separate sheet dimensions): 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
- Alex McCoy
- Charleston
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Coosa
- Draft
- Georgia
- John Ridge
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Judge Augustin Smith Clayton
- Judge Thomas Harris
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Principal Chief
- William H. Underwood
- William Rogers
- William Wirt
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- congress
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- corn (seed)
- courts (judicial bodies) -- court -- tribunals
- crops (animal equipment) -- crop -- riding crop
- detachments
- drafts (documents) -- draft (document)
- gold (metal)
- gold mines -- gold mine -- gold-mines
- intruders
- jails -- jail
- judges -- judge
- jurisdiction
- legal concepts -- legal concept
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- pre-Removal
- troops
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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