Draft copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, August 24, 1864
Description
Draft copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation of Chief John Ross and Evan Jones to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton repeating request that Colonel William A. Phillips be reinstated. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1253
Inscribed in ink on verso, "Copy of a Communication"
Dates
- August 24, 1864
Creator
- Unidentified (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 1/4 × 16 in. (31.1 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 12 1/4 × 8 in. (31.1 × 20.3 cm)
- American Civil War
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Draft
- Indian Home Guard
- John Ross
- John Ross Papers
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American
- Smith Christie
- William A. Phillips
- archives (groupings)
- cattle
- chief (tribal leader)
- copies (derivitive objects)
- drafts (documents)
- fraud
- letters (correspondence)
- secretaries (public officers)
- theft
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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