Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1830
Description
Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross regarding Bill of Injunction. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 205-206). Single sheet of folded paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Four single sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 48
Dates
- Creation: November 15, 1830
Creator
- Wirt, William (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Bibliography
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 13 5/8 × 16 1/4 in. (34.5 × 41.3 cm) Folded: 13 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (34.5 × 21.6 cm) Overall (4026.84.2): 13 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (34.5 × 21.6 cm) Overall (Envelope): 13 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (34.5 × 21.6 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Affidavit
- Letter
- manuscripts
- money
- abatement (judicial functions) -- abated -- abating
- actions (judicial events) -- action -- cases -- suits
- archives -- archive
- constitutions -- Constitution
- courts (judicial bodies) -- court -- tribunals
- emigrants -- emigrant
- fees (compensation) -- fee -- charges (compensation)
- judges -- judge
- laws (documents) -- Law
- lawyers -- lawyer -- attorneys
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- Payment -- payments
- presidents -- president
- Treaties -- Treaty
- undocumented immigrants -- undocumented immigrant -- undocumented persons -- undocumented worker -- illegal aliens -- undocumented aliens -- illegal immigrant
Geographic
- Baltimore
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Coosa
- Georgia
- New York
- Philadelphia
- Washington City
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- pre-Removal
Topical
- Andrew Jackson
- Chancellor Kent
- Cherokee Delegation
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Judge Augustin Smith Clayton
- Principal Chief
- Supreme Court
- William H. Underwood -- Judge William H. Underwood
- William Wirt
- arrests (legal events) -- arrest
- chief (tribal leader)
- citizens -- citizen
- Congress
- intruders
- invaders
- jurisdiction
- property (legal concept)
- sewing -- sewn
- sovereignty -- sovereignity
- White Man
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository