Copy of Letter from Mark Bean and Six Others to Chief John Ross, May 9, 1861
Description
Copy of letter from Mark Bean and 6 others in Boonsboro, Arkansas to Chief John Ross seeking to know how Chief John Ross will stand on North-South division. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1099
Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"
Dates
- May 9, 1861
Creator
- Mark Bean (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, "Mark Bean, W. B. Welch, E. W. Mac Clure, John Spencer, J. A. McCulloch, J. M. Lacy, J. P. Carnahan"
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (31.1 × 39.4 cm) Folded: 12 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (31.1 × 19.7 cm)
- American Civil War
- Arkansas (state)
- Canehill -- Boonsboro -- Boonsborough
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Confederate States
- Hillsboro -- Boonsboro -- Cane Hill -- Hillsborough
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Mark Bean
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- north
- south
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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