Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832
Description
Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross about support for Elias Boudinot's trip. Is happy about decision in Worchester v. Georgia, and reports on the Secretary of War Lewis Cass who wants a removal treaty. Also says he has given a letter of introduction to Chief John Ross for John Dunlap from Scotland. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 241-42 resembles this letter). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 70
Dates
- Creation: April 3, 1832
Creator
- Ridge, John (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Bibliography
Mark(s)
wax seal
Medium
ink on paper, wax
Signed
Signed, "John Ridge"
Dimensions
Folded: 10 × 7 3/4 in. (25.4 × 19.7 cm) Overall: 10 × 15 1/2 in. (25.4 × 39.4 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Letter
- manuscripts
- archives -- archive
- chieftains -- chieftain -- chiefs (tribal leader)
- courts (judicial bodies) -- court -- tribunals
- emigrants -- emigrant
- judges -- judge
- laws (documents) -- Law
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- missionaries -- missionary
- presidents -- president
- Treaties -- Treaty
Geographic
- Augusta -- Fort Augusta
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Coosa
- District of Columbia -- DC -- Washington, D.C.
- Georgia
- Mississippi River
- New Echota
- North Carolina
- Scotland
- Tennessee
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- pre-Removal
Topical
- Andrew Jackson
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Elias Boudinot
- Indian Removal
- Jack Walker
- John Dunlop
- John Ridge
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Lewis Cass
- Major Ridge
- Principal Chief
- Secretary of War
- Supreme Court
- chief (tribal leader)
- Congress
- invaders
- jurisdiction
- senates -- senate
- sovereignty -- sovereignity
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository