Draft Copy of Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Commissioner James Steele, June 8, 1864
Description
Draft copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation (similar to letter of same date) signed by Chief John Ross, Lewis Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan Jones to Commissioner James Steele regarding allowing the Delaware Indians to settle on the Cherokee "Neutral" land south of Kansas. Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on seven pages. Folder 1230
Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a Communication"
Dates
- June 8, 1864
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
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "John Ross, Lewis Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan Jones"
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)
- Cherokee
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Delegation
- Delaware (culture or style) -- Lenape
- Draft
- Evan Jones -- E. Jones
- James McDaniel -- Captain McDaniel -- Tsumi Unanugotsv
- John Ross -- Chief John Ross -- Cooweescoowee -- Kuwees Koowee -- guwisguwi
- John Ross Papers
- Lewis Downing -- tsuwano'asgi -- Luwi Sawanasgi -- luge tsuwano'asgi
- Lewis Ross
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Neutral Lands
- archives -- archive
- chief (tribal leader)
- commissioners (government officials) -- commissioner
- copies (documents) -- copy (document)
- drafts (documents) -- draft (document)
- letters (correspondence) -- letter
- property (legal concept)
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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