Letter from William Shorey Coodey to Agent Montfort Stokes, October7, 1839
Description
Draft copy of letter by William Shorey Coodey, Chief John Ross, Young Wolf and Joseph M. Vann, to Agent Montfort Stokes. Protesting arrest of Cherokees and their imprisonment at Garrison (Moulton) 4026.854-.1 is a folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. 4026.854.2 is one sheet with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 665
Dates
- October7, 1839
Creator
- William Shorey Coodey (Artist, 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, "W. Shorey Coodey, Young Wolf, John Ross, Jos. M. Vann"
Dimensions
Folded: 12 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (31.1 × 18.4 cm) Overall: 12 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (31.1 × 36.8 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Agent
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Committee
- Cherokee National Council
- Department of War
- Eastern Cherokee
- General Matthew Arbuckle
- Illinois River
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Joseph Vann
- Legislative Act
- Manuscripts
- Montfort Stokes
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Principal Chief
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
- Western Cherokee
- William Shorey Coodey
- Young Wolf
- archives -- archive
- armed forces -- armed services -- military
- arrests (legal events) -- arrest
- chief (tribal leader)
- chieftains -- chieftain -- chiefs (tribal leader)
- citizens -- citizen
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- crime (social issue)
- drafts (documents) -- draft (document)
- emigrants -- emigrant
- imprisonment -- imprisoning -- imprisoned -- incarceration
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- post-Removal
- property (legal concept)
- wars -- war
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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