Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard, June 17, 1861
Description
Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard stating position of Cherokee Nation in Civil War. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. (Moulton). Folder 1109
Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"
Dates
- June 17, 1861
Creator
- Ross, John, Chief, 1790 - 1866 (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Bibliography
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "John Ross"
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/2 × 16 in. (31.8 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 12 1/2 × 8 in. (31.8 × 20.3 cm)
- American Civil War
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Commissioner of Indian Affairs
- Confederate States
- Fort Smith
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Park Hill -- Chief John Ross' community -- guwisguwi sgadugi
- Principal Chief
- Treaty of Holston
- Treaty of Hopewell
- archives -- archive
- commissioners (government officials) -- commissioner
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- post-Removal
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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