Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, June 10, 1832
Item — Folder: 72
Identifier: 4026.108
Description
Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, Chiefs, and Headmen about their move to the lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 72
Dates
- Creation: June 10, 1832
Creator
- Lang, James (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
Folded: 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (31.8 × 22.2 cm) Overall: 12 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (31.8 × 44.5 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Animalia (kingdom) -- animals -- animal
- Equus caballus (species) -- horses -- horse
- Letter
- manuscripts
- money
- alcohol (general)
- archives -- archive
- Bibles -- Bible
- chieftains -- chieftain -- chiefs (tribal leader)
- livestock -- live stock -- live-stock
- nurses -- nurse
- physicians -- physician -- doctors -- medical doctors
- presidents -- president
- teachers -- teacher
- west
Geographic
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
- God
- Indian Territory
- James Lang
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Principal Chief
- Secretary of War
- Winfield Scott
- cattle
- chief (tribal leader)
- headmen
- ill -- sick
- medicine (discipline) -- medical
- troops
- wars -- war
- White Man
Repository Details
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