Letter written in Cherokee from Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, August 22, 1864
Item — Folder: 21
Identifier: 4026.303
Description
Folder 21
Dates
- Creation: August 22, 1864
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English and Cherokee
Access Restrictions
Available by appointment only at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) with the exception of materials with donor restrictions. Contact Library staff in advance to inquire if materials exist pertaining to your research interests.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 82 item(s)
Medium
ink on paper
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Cherokee Letters
- Cherokee Syllabary
- Letter
- manuscripts
- letters (correspondence) -- Letter
- prisoners of war -- prisoner of war -- captive -- P.O.W.s -- POWs -- war prisoners
Geographic
Style / Period
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- post-Removal
Topical
- American Civil War
- Cherokee Civil War
- Henry C. Ross -- Uhalugi
- Indian Territory
- Margaret Hildebrand Ross -- Peggy Hildebrand -- Margaret Hildebrand -- Ayvwegi
- Mary Jane Ross Manuscript Collection
- Stand Watie -- degatoga
- Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Unihyvdla
- civil wars -- civil war
- syllabaries -- syllabary
- war-time letters
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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