General John E. Wool
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of Communication from 33 Chiefs and Representatives to Brigadier General John E. Wool., September 30, 1836
Copy of communication from 33 Chiefs and representatives to Brigadier General John E. Wool declaring Treaty of December 29, 1835, null and void. [Moulton] Folder 202.
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett, May 4, 1837
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett citing acts of oppression by Georgia Guard and United States Army ; Brigadier General John E. Wool to be replaced by Colonel William Lindsay. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 220
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"
Letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee People, September 19, 1836
Letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee People that the Treaty will not be altered and that removal is to be completed within two years from May 23, 1836. (Western Cherokee Item) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 196
Letter from Chief John Ross to Brigadier General John E. Wool, September 2, 1836
Letter from Chief John Ross to Brigadier General John E. Wool. Inviting him to attend council at Red Clay on September 15, 1836. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and handwritten text in pencil on verso. Folder 194
Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett, June 22, 1837
Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett protesting Brigadier General John E. Wool's General Order number 74 which colonel Lindsay states will require him 'to suppress a Cherokee General Council called for July 31, 1837.' (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 224
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"
Letter from General John E. Wool to the Cherokee, March 22, 1837
Longhand copy, two printed copies, and one Photostat of letter from Brigadier General John E. Wool to the Cherokee urging them to follow terms of the Treaty of New Echota. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 217
Printed Text of Letter Regarding Preparations for Placing Troops in Cherokee Nation, July 12, 1836
Printed text, pages 5-12, of letter [to or from] Brigadier General john E. Wool, Commander of Cherokee Removal, regarding preparations for placing troops in Cherokee Nation. Folded sheet of paper with typed text in ink on eight pages. Folder 191
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65