Cherokee National Council
Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832
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
Letter from John Williams to Chief John Ross, September 16, 1832
Letter from John Williams to Chief John Ross regarding permission to work gold mines. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 73
Letter from Richard Drew to Chief John Ross, December 7, 1843
Letter from Richard Drew to Chief John Ross. Concerning public cooks at council and offering to take the contract. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 908
Letter from Thomas W. Harris, Esquire to Chief John Ross, May 5, 1831
Letter from Thomas W. Harris, Esquire to Chief John Ross concerning attorney fees. Two sheets of paper. One sheet is folded with handwritten text in ink on four pages. One is a single sheet of paper that has handwritten text in ink on the recto and verso. Folder 56
Letter from Three Iroquois Chiefs to Chief John Ross, October 26, 1859
Letter from three Iroquois Chiefs of Caughnawaga to Chief John Ross enclosing petitions to Cherokee National Council (not included here). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1060
Letter from William H. Underwood, Esquire to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1831
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
Letter from William H. Underwood to Chief John Ross, July 27, 1830
Letter from William H. Underwood, Esquire to Chief John Ross seeking information and describing public feelings in Georgia. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 39
Letter from William P. Ross in Fort Gibson to Jno. T. Adair concerning land for industrial school for orphans, December 16, 1871
William P. Ross informed Jno. T. Adair that the council at its late session authorized the establishment of an industrial school for orphan children in the Cherokee Nation. Ross tells Adair that he was confirmed to be on the Board of Trustees. Ross told Adair that he would be willing to dispose of the land he owned near Grand Saline so it could be used for the industrial school. Orphan Asylum is written across the top of the letter in pencil. Folder 366
Letter from William Shorey Coodey to Agent Montfort Stokes, October7, 1839
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
Letter from William Shorey Coodey to Chief John Ross, October 4, 1839
Letter from William Shorey Coodey, President National Committee to Chief John Ross. Reporting judges elected National Council. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Folder 658