Power of Attorney from Big Mush to Chief John Ross, March 27, 1845
Item — Folder: 965
Identifier: 4026.1125-.1
Description
Power of Attorney from Big Mush to Ross. To pursue claim with respect to reservation of Choctaw. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 965
Dates
- Creation: March 27, 1845
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "X (Big Mush's mark)"
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/2 × 16 in. (31.8 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 12 1/2 × 8 in. (31.8 × 20.3 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Claim
- Legal document
- manuscripts
- money
- Treaty of Cherokee Agency (1817)
- Treaty of Washington
- Treaty of Washington (1819)
- archives -- archive
- chieftains -- chieftain -- chiefs (tribal leader)
- powers of attorney -- Power Of Attorney -- letters of attorney
- Treaties -- Treaty
Geographic
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Mississippi River
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
- Tennessee
- Tennessee River
Style / Period
- Choctaw (culture or style)
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- post-Removal
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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