Letter from John Williams to Chief John Ross, September 16, 1832
Item — Folder: 73
Identifier: 4026.110
Description
Letter from John Williams to Chief John Ross regarding permission to work gold mines. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 73
Dates
- September 16, 1832
Creator
- John Williams (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Folded: 12 × 7 3/4 in. (30.5 × 19.7 cm) Overall: 12 × 15 1/2 in. (30.5 × 39.4 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Georgia
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- John Williams
- Joseph L. Williams
- Knoxville
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- North Carolina
- Principal Chief
- Supreme Court
- Tennessee
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- civil actions -- lawsuits
- courts (judicial bodies) -- court -- tribunals
- gold mines -- gold mine -- gold-mines
- judges -- judge
- lands -- land
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- lotteries (contests) -- lottery
- pre-Removal
Repository Details
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