Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross, May 23, 1832
Description
Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 71
Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"
Dates
- Creation: May 23, 1832
Creator
- McLean, John (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
Folded: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 13 1/4 × 8 in. (33.7 × 20.3 cm) Overall: 13 1/4 × 16 in. (33.7 × 40.6 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Letter
- manuscripts
- archives -- archive
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- courts (judicial bodies) -- court -- tribunals
- east -- eastern
- emigrants -- emigrant
- judges -- judge
- laws (documents) -- Law
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- presidents -- president
- Treaties -- Treaty
- west
Geographic
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Coosa
- District of Columbia -- DC -- Washington, D.C.
- Frankfort
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Mississippi River
- Nashville
- New Echota
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- pre-Removal
Topical
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Eastern Cherokee
- Indian Country
- John McLean
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Principal Chief
- Supreme Court
- Western Cherokee
- chief (tribal leader)
- Congress
- fee simple
- invaders
- jurisdiction
- senates -- senate
- sovereignty -- sovereignity
- White Man
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository