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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\AGENTS FACET\People\people\people by state or condition\

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, January 12, 1832

 Item — Folder 68: [Barcode: 187.68]
Identifier: 4026.104
Description

Letter from John Ridge, who is on tour with Elias Boudinot, to Chief John Ross commenting on the political situation and condition of the Arkansas Cherokees, etc. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 68

Dates: January 12, 1832

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832

 Item — Folder 70: [Barcode: 187.70]
Identifier: 4026.106-.3
Description

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross about support for Elias Boudinot's trip. Is happy about decision in Worchester v. Georgia, and reports on the Secretary of War Lewis Cass who wants a removal treaty. Also says he has given a letter of introduction to Chief John Ross for John Dunlap from Scotland. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 241-42 resembles this letter). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 70

Dates: April 3, 1832

Letter from M. Stokes to Chief John Ross, June 25, 1839

 Item — Folder 569: [Barcode: 187.569]
Identifier: 4026.761-.1
Description

Letter by M. Stokes, Cherokee Agent, to Ross, other chiefs, and headmen of Cherokee emigrants. He was disturbed by 'late transactions in the Nation' and "violent measures"; refers to report of Council dated June 21. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 569

Dates: June 25, 1839

Letter from Old Settlers to Chief John Ross, August 2, 1839

 Item — Folder 612: [Barcode: 187.612]
Identifier: 4026.802-.1
Description

Letter from Old Settlers, signed by Dutch, Brown, Looney and Rogers to Ross and others. Reporting that National Council has appointed a 15-man committee to meet with same number of late emigrants to settle existing difficulties. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 612

Dates: August 2, 1839

Letter from William H. Underwood, Esquire to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1831

 Item — Folder 67: [Barcode: 187.67]
Identifier: 4026.102
Description

Letter from William H. Underwood, Esquire to Chief John Ross reporting the change of Judges, probably actions by Georgia, and status or writs of error "in the case of the missionaries.' Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 67

Dates: November 15, 1831

Letter from William Shorey Coodey to Agent Montfort Stokes, October7, 1839

 Item — Folder 665: [Barcode: 187.665]
Identifier: 4026.854-.2
Description

Draft copy of letter by William Shorey Coodey, Chief John Ross, Young Wolf and Joseph M. Vann, to Agent Montfort Stokes. Protesting arrest of Cherokees and their imprisonment at Garrison (Moulton) 4026.854-.1 is a folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. 4026.854.2 is one sheet with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 665

Dates: October7, 1839

Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1830

 Item — Folder 48: [Barcode: 187.48]
Identifier: 4026.84-.4
Description

Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross regarding Bill of Injunction. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 205-206). Single sheet of folded paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Four single sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 48

Dates: November 15, 1830

Opinion of William Wirt on the Claims for Improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation, circa 1830

 Item — Folder 49A: [Barcode: 187.49A]
Identifier: 4026.510-.17
Description

Opinion of William Wirt on the claims for improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1828. (Moulton Vol. I, p. 196). Eight folded papers and two sheets of paper. Folder 49A

Dates: circa 1830

Photostat of Abstract of Provisions Issued to the Detachment by Lewis Ross, March 21, 1842

 Item — Folder 821: [Barcode: 187.821]
Identifier: 4426.8
Description

Photostat of Abstract of provisions issued to the detachments by Lewis Ross, Contractor, Oct. 1838 to March 25, 1839; refers to "Contractor's account dated 21st March 1842".. Single sheet. Folder 821

Dates: March 21, 1842

Recommendation of Chief John Ross to National Committee and Nation Council, November 20, 1851

 Item — Folder 1001: [Barcode: 187.1001]
Identifier: 4026.1151-.1
Description

Recommendation of Chief John Ross to National Committee and Nation Council. To pass bill for retrocession of "Neutral Land"; also, pay 5% of amounts available for per capita distribution to late emigrants into National Treasury and used in part to pay Gen. Waddy Thompson and Mr. Arnold Harris for legal services. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1001

Dates: November 20, 1851