Draft Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War E. M. Stanton, November 8, 1862
Description
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War E. M. Stanton asking that Cherokee Regiment (Infantry) be made a Mounted Rifle Regiment and that a permanent force be established in Indian Territory. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1161
Dates
- November 8, 1862
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
Dimensions
Overall: 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (20 × 24.8 cm) Folded: 7 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (20 × 12.4 cm)
- American Civil War
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Mounted Rifles
- Draft
- Edwin M. Stanton
- Indian Territory
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Secretary of War
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- drafts (documents) -- draft (document)
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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