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Folder 1102

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady, May 17, 1861

 Item — Folder: 1102
Identifier: 4026.1271-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady in reply to letter of May 15, 1861 stating that the Cherokee are bound by treaties to the United States and hope to remain neutral and hope their lands do not become a battleground. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1102



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: May 17, 1861