Power of Attorney from Susannah and Samuel Riley to Chief John Ross, March 27, 1845
Item — Folder: 964
Identifier: 4026.1124-.1
Description
Power of Attorney from Susannah and Samuel Riley to Ross. To pursue John Riley claim. (March 8 and March 24, 1845). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 964
Dates
- March 27, 1845
Creator
- Unidentified (Author, 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, "X (Susannah Riley's mark), Samuel Riley"
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/2 × 16 in. (31.8 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 12 1/2 × 8 in. (31.8 × 20.3 cm)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Cherokee National Council
- Claim
- Engevine Coody
- Highwassee River -- Hiwassee River
- Ingivine Coody
- John Riley
- John Ross Papers
- Legal Document
- Luney Riley
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Principal Chief
- S. F. Stapler -- Sarah F. Stapler -- Sarah Fisher Stapler
- Samuel Riley
- Susannah Riley
- Tennessee River
- archives -- archive
- chieftains -- chieftain -- chiefs (tribal leader)
- headmen
- post-Removal
- powers of attorney -- power of attorney -- letters of attorney
- property (legal concept)
- treaties -- treaty
Repository Details
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