Letter from Jas. McKisick to Chief John Ross, January 13, 1847
Description
Letter from Jas. McKisick, Cherokee Agent, to Chief John Ross. Acknowledges his receipt of protest against a U. S. Marshall from Arkansas entering the Cherokee Nation and arresting a Cherokee who had killed another Cherokee, both residents of Flint District. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 975
Dates
- January 13, 1847
Creator
- Jas. McKisick (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "Jas. McKisick"
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (24.1 × 39.4 cm) Folded: 9 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (24.1 × 19.7 cm)
- American
- Arkansas (state)
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Agent
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- United States Marshall
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- law enforcing -- law enforcement
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- murders -- murder
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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