Letter from Thomas Foreman to Chief John Ross, April 16, 1839
Description
Letter from Thomas Foreman and 7 others at Bushyhead's, to Chief John Ross, Park Hill, protesting scant rations. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 532
Dates
- April 16, 1839
Creator
- Thomas Foreman (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "Thomas Foreman, Going Snake, Hair Conrad, unrecognizable signature, Wm Proctor, Samuel Foreman, Stephen Foreman, Jesse Bushyhead"
Dimensions
Overall: 11 1/2 × 8 in. (29.2 × 20.3 cm)
Duplicate
4026.727.b (Photostat of original, removed from folder and refiled.)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Going Snake
- Jesse Bushyhead
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Major Hair Conrad -- Hain Conrad
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Stephen Foreman
- Thomas Foreman
- William Proctor
- archives (groupings)
- chief (tribal leader)
- letters (correspondence)
- rations
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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