Letter from A. Yell to Chief John Ross, April 13, 1839
Description
Letter from A. Yell, Fayetteville, to Chief John Ross. Report "recent outrages" by Cherokees against whites and his request to General Arbuckle to arrest offenders and patrol border to halt liquor traffic. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 531
Dates
- April 13, 1839
Creator
- Yell, A. (Artist, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Mark(s)
Postage mark, wax seal
Medium
ink on paper, wax
Signed
Signed, "A. Yell"
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
- A. Yell
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Fayetteville
- General Matthew Arbuckle
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- liquor
- white (color)
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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