Letter from Chief John Ross to Wife Mary Ross, December 22 & 23, 1863
Item — Folder: 1206
Identifier: 4026.1420-.1
Description
Letter from Chief John Ross in Washington to Wife Mary Ross. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1206
Dates
- December 22 & 23, 1863
Creator
- Ross, John, Chief, 1790 - 1866 (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
Signed
Signed, "John Ross"
Dimensions
Overall: 9 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (24.8 × 39.4 cm) Folded: 9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (24.8 × 19.7 cm)
- American Civil War
- Baptist
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Indians
- Churches, Baptist
- Downing, Louis
- Draft
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Manuscripts
- Mary Ross
- Mary Stapler
- Mr. Todd
- Mrs. Todd
- Native American
- Native American
- Principal Chief
- Reverend Gillette
- Washington
- archives (groupings)
- chief (tribal leader)
- children
- church
- illness
- letters (correspondence)
- niece
- offspring
- post-Removal
- wives
Repository Details
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