Lewis Downing -- tsuwano'asgi -- Luwi Sawanasgi -- luge tsuwano'asgi
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Handwritten document in Cherokee syllabary, circa 1834
Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole, November 21, 1863
Letter from Commissioner James Steele to Cherokee Delegation, May 27, 1864
Letter from Commissioner James Steele to Cherokee Delegation asking that a time for negotiating the Delaware Treaty be named. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1223
Letter from Henry C. Ross, age 16, in Philadelphia to Lewis Ross in Washington D.C. regarding his school and plans to not return to the Nation, March 27, 1864
Folder 7
Letter from Henry C. Ross in Philadelphia to 'Papa' Lewis Ross describing some boys who got into trouble , April 2, 1864
On separate page, Henry asks for people to write to him. Folder 8
Letter from John Ross to William Potter Ross, Thomas Pegg, John Spears, and Lewis Downing, February 12, 1861
Draft copy of instructions to William Potter Ross and other delegates to February 17 convention at Creek Council Grounds. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1094
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"
Letter from Lewis Ross to his son, Henry C. Ross concerning his visit to Henry's school in July. Henry is to give a Cherokee Speech, and other family members will be there, June 27, 1864
Folder 19
Letter in Cherokee syllabary from Lewis Downing to Cooweescoowee (John Ross), April 10, 1864
Handwritten letter in Cherokee syllabary and signed in English by Lewis Downing and addressed to Cooweescoowee (John Ross). Includes photocopy with translation handwritten on it. Folder 81
Official copy of resolution signed by Acting Chief Lewis Downing and Secretary G. W. Ross, July 14, 1865
Official copy of a resolution signed by Lewis Downing, Acting Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Secretary G. W. Ross offering amnesty to Cherokee citizens who participated in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. The document includes the oath to be taken by the participants pledging allegiance to the Cherokee Nation and details the conditions for participants to be allowed amnesty. Folder 39
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874
Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45