Letter from Samuel Adair to Chief John Ross, December 8, 1858
Item — Folder: 1053
Identifier: 4026.1225
Description
Letter from Samuel Adair to Chief John Ross, Park Hill; seeking expulsion of White family brought into Nation as croppers. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1053
Dates
- Creation: December 8, 1858
Creator
- Adair, Samuel (Author, Person)
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, "Samuel Adair"
Dimensions
Overall: 9 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. (24.8 × 15.9 cm)
Source
- Hargett, J. L. (Donor, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Letter
- manuscripts
- archives -- archive
- families -- family
- farmers (people in agriculture) -- farmer
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- white (color)
Geographic
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Tahlequah -- Daliqua
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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