Power of Attorney from Jesse Lovett to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1839
Item — Folder: 678
Identifier: 4026.867-.1
Description
Power of Attorney from Jesse Lovett to Chief John Ross. To obtain warrant, title or remuneration for a reservation to Caty Stephens under Treaty of 1817 and 1819. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 678
Dates
- November 15, 1839
Creator
- Unidentified (Artist, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "Jesse Lovett"
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 15 3/4 in. (25.4 × 40 cm) Folded: 10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20 cm)
- Archibald Campbell
- Caty Stephens
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Chiefs
- Eastern Cherokee
- Indians
- Jesse Lovett
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Legal Document
- Legal Documents
- Manuscripts
- Mississippi River
- Money
- Native American
- Native American
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Principal Chief
- Removal Period
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
- Tennessee River
- Treaties
- Treaty of Cherokee Agency (1817)
- Treaty of Washington
- Treaty of Washington (1819)
- Western Cherokee
- act
- funds
- heirs
- post-Removal
- power of attorney
- property
- property rights
- warrant
Repository Details
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