Letter from Elijah Hicks to Chief John Ross, July 28, 1841
Description
Letter from Elijah Hicks, Park Hill, to Chief John Ross, Washington City. Reporting on August election, conversation with Gen. Arbuckle, Osage reports on Kickapoos and John Rogers' dissatisfaction over payments to "reserves" under 1817 and 1819 Treaties (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 769
Dates
- July 28, 1841
Creator
- Elijah Hicks (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Bibliography
Mark(s)
Wax seal
Medium
ink on paper, wax
Signed
Signed, "E. Hicks"
Dimensions
Overall: 13 × 8 in. (33 × 20.3 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Elijah Hicks
- General Matthew Arbuckle
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Kickapoo (culture or style) -- Kikapoo
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Osage (culture or style)
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Washington City
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- treaties -- treaty
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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