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
- 1797 - 1897
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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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)
- Alabama
- American
- Andrew Jackson
- Annuities
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Agent
- Cherokee Delegation
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Chiefs
- Congress
- Eastern Cherokee
- Edward Gunter
- Elijah Hicks
- Georgia
- Indian Country
- Indians
- James Brown
- Joel Roberts Poinsett
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Letter and Envelope
- Manuscripts
- Mississippi River
- Money
- Native American
- North Carolina
- Richard Taylor -- R. Taylor
- Samuel Gunter
- Secretary of War
- Situwakee
- Tennessee
- Treaties
- Treaty of Fort Gibson (1833)
- Treaty of Washington
- War Department
- Washington
- Washington City
- Western Cherokee
- White Path
- archives (groupings)
- emigration
- envelopes
- funds
- headmen
- letters (correspondence)
- payments
- pre-Removal
- president
- property
- senate
- sovereignty
- wars
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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