Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross Delegation to Joel R. Poinsett, December 27, 1837
Description
Copy of letter from the Chief john Ross Delegation to Secretary of War Job R. Poinsett reporting termination of negotiations with Colonel john Mason, Jr. and indicating willingness to enter any negotiations in which Treaty of 1835 is not binding on either party. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 279
Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"
Dates
- December 27, 1837
Creator
- Unidentified (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
Signed
Signed, "Jn. Ross, Edw. Gunter, R. Taylor, James Brown, Elijah Hicks, Sitewakee, Saml. Gunter, White Path"
Dimensions
Overall: 13 × 16 1/2 in. (33 × 41.9 cm) Folded: 13 × 8 1/4 in. (33 × 21 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Delegation
- Edward Gunter
- Elijah Hicks
- James Brown
- Joel Roberts Pointsett
- John Mason Jr.
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American
- Richard Taylor -- R. Taylor
- Samuel Gunter
- Secretary of War
- Sitewakee
- Treaty of New Echota
- White Path
- archives (groupings)
- negotiating
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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