Letter from Lewis Ross in Washington D.C. to his son, Henry Ross in Pennsylvania, March 29, 1864
Item — Folder: 6
Identifier: 4026.260
Description
In this letter, Lewis Ross gives advice to his son, Henry on behavior at school at Nazareth Hall as well as information about the Indian Regiment assignments during the Civil War. Folder 6
Dates
- Creation: March 29, 1864
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English and Cherokee
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
From the Collection: 82 item(s)
Medium
ink on paper
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Letter
- manuscripts
- agencies -- agency
- boarding schools -- boarding school -- residential schools
- injury (medical condition) -- injuries -- injured
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- schools -- school
- soldiers -- soldier
Geographic
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- District of Columbia -- DC -- Washington, D.C.
- Fort Gibson -- Uweti Disoyv
- Fort Scott
- Leavenworth (county)
- Nazareth
- Northampton (county) PA
- Pennsylvania
Style / Period
- African American -- Afro-American -- black -- Negro
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Muscogee -- Mvsoke -- Creek (culture or style) -- Muskogee
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- post-Removal
Topical
- Cherokee Regiment
- Gibson
- Henry C. Ross -- Uhalugi
- Indian Agent
- Indian Territory
- J. W. Staples
- Lewis Ross
- Mary Jane Ross Manuscript Collection
- Moravian (Protestantism)
- Mr. Nash
- Old Man Eagle
- Whiteman
- William Potter Ross -- William P. Ross -- W. P. Ross -- Willie Ross
- civil wars -- civil war
- education -- educational
- scholars -- scholar
- troops
Repository Details
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