Two letters from Joel Roberts Poinsett to the Cherokee Delegation with envelope, 1797 - 1897
Description
Envelope for letter from Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, to delegation in Washington City. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Folder 349
Dates
- Creation: 1797 - 1897
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
Overall: 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (24.1 × 19.7 cm) Folded: 16 1/8 × 10 in. (41 × 25.4 cm) Overall: 16 1/8 × 20 in. (41 × 50.8 cm) Folded: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Letter and Envelope
- manuscripts
- money
- Treaty of Fort Gibson (1833)
- Treaty of Washington
- archives -- archive
- chieftains -- chieftain -- chiefs (tribal leader)
- envelopes -- Envelope
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- Payment -- payments
- presidents -- president
- Treaties -- Treaty
Geographic
- Alabama
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- District of Columbia -- DC -- Washington, D.C.
- Georgia
- Mississippi River
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Washington City
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- pre-Removal
Topical
- Andrew Jackson
- Cherokee Agent
- Cherokee Delegation
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Eastern Cherokee
- Edward Gunter
- Elijah Hicks
- Indian Country
- James Brown
- Joel Roberts Poinsett
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Richard Taylor -- R. Taylor
- Samuel Gunter
- Secretary of War
- Situwakee
- War Department
- Western Cherokee
- White Path
- Annuities
- Congress
- emigration -- emigrated -- emigrating
- funds
- headmen
- property (legal concept)
- senates -- senate
- sovereignty -- sovereignity
- wars -- war
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository