Letter from Rebecca B. Spring to Chief John Ross, March 14, 1863
Item — Folder: 1180
Identifier: 4026.1379-.1
Description
Letter from Rebecca B. Spring in Englewood, Perth Amboy, New Jersey to Chief John Ross congratulating him on New York Tribune report that Cherokee contemplate emancipation. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1180
Dates
- March 14, 1863
Creator
- Rebecca B. Spring (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Folded: 8 × 5 in. (20.3 × 12.7 cm)
- American Civil War
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- 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
- New Jersey
- New York Tribune
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- emancipation -- emancipated -- emancipating -- manumission -- manumitting
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- slavery
Repository Details
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