Draft Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Special Agent John H. Sherburne, September 5, 1837
Description
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Special Agent John H. Sherburne stating conditions for any Seminole negotiations and priority of Cherokee difficulties. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 244
Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"
Dates
- September 5, 1837
Creator
- Ross, John, Chief, 1790 - 1866 (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Bibliography
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 15 1/2 in. (25.4 × 39.4 cm) Folded: 10 × 7 3/4 in. (25.4 × 19.7 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Draft
- John H. Sherburne
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Seminole (culture or style)
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- drafts (documents) -- draft (document)
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- negotiating
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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