Form letter for Notices to the Governor and Attorney General of Georgia, December 1830
Item — Folder: 49
Identifier: 4026.85-a
Description
Form Letter for notices to the Governor and Attorney General of Georgia that the Cherokee Nation is seeking Supreme Court injunction. Two sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on all sides. Folder 49
Dates
- Creation: December 1830
Creator
- Ross, John, Chief, 1790–1866 (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall (4026.85): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Overall (4026.85.a): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Affidavit
- Form Letter
- manuscripts
- money
- abatement (judicial functions) -- abated -- abating
- actions (judicial events) -- action -- cases -- suits
- archives -- archive
- 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
- sheriffs -- sheriff
- Treaties -- Treaty
Geographic
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee Territory
- Coosa
- District of Columbia -- DC -- Washington, D.C.
- Georgia
- Washington City
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- pre-Removal
Topical
- Andrew Jackson
- Attorney General
- Cherokee Delegation
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Governor George R. Gilmer -- George Rockingham Gilmer
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Principal Chief
- Supreme Court
- citizens -- citizen
- Congress
- governors -- governor
- intruders
- invaders
- jurisdiction
- property (legal concept)
- sovereignty -- sovereignity
- White Man
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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