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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\AGENTS FACET\People\people\people by occupation\people in government and administration\legislators\

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

A written form for pensioners under Act of April 14, 1842, mid-19th century - late 19th century

 Item — Folder 604A: [Barcode: 61.604A]
Identifier: 4026.3507
Description

Folder 604A

Dates: mid-19th century - late 19th century

Copy of Letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross, May 23, 1832

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 187.71]
Identifier: 4026.107-a.1
Description

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 71

Dates: May 23, 1832

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross, May 23, 1832

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 187.71]
Identifier: 4026.107b-b3
Description

Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 71



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: May 23, 1832

Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward, August 2, 1830

 Item — Folder 40: [Barcode: 187.40]
Identifier: 4026.77-.9
Description

Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward transmitting a copy of his July 29th letter to Colonel Montgomery, Cherokee Agent, setting forth the President's views on Indian removal. Five folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on 19 pages. Folder 40



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: August 2, 1830

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to W. Harris, March 11, 1831

 Item — Folder 50: [Barcode: 187.50]
Identifier: 4026.87
Description

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to W. Harris regarding the hold up of annuity (Moulton). Copy of letter to William Rogers enclosing above letter. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 50



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: March 11, 1831

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to William H. Underwood, Esquire, September 3, 1830

 Item — Folder 43: [Barcode: 187.43]
Identifier: 4026.80a-b
Description

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to William H. Underwood, Esquire regarding legal proceedings. (Moulton). Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 43



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: September 3, 1830

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to William Wirt, October 30, 1830

 Item — Folder 47: [Barcode: 187.47]
Identifier: 4026.83
Description

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to William Wirt regarding legal proceedings. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 47



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: October 30, 1830

Form letter for Notices to the Governor and Attorney General of Georgia, December 1830

 Item — Folder 49: [Barcode: 187.49]
Identifier: 4026.85-a
Description

Form Letter for notices to the Governor and Attorney General of Georgia that the Cherokee Nation is seeking Supreme Court injunction. Two sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on all sides. Folder 49

Dates: December 1830

Handwritten document addressed to the United States Congress regarding Western Cherokees after Treaty of 1833, mid-19th century

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 63
Identifier: 4026.5290
Description

Handwritten complaint from the Western Cherokee tribe to the United States Senate and House of Representatives discussing the legislative treatment of the Eastern and Western Cherokee tribes in relation to Treaty of 1833 alongside the matter of forced removal and land costs. Discusses the Western Cherokee's land stolen by the Eastern Cherokee that was then sold to the U.S. government. Eighteen pages long. Folder 63

Dates: mid-19th century

Letter from Charles Vann to Charles R. Hicks, April 4, 1825

 Item — Folder 17: [Barcode: 187.17]
Identifier: 4026.31-.1
Description

Letter from Charles Vann to Charles R. Hicks regarding census report on Hightower District. (Document is in poor condition) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 17

Dates: April 4, 1825