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Letter from Elijah Hicks to Chief John Ross. Requesting $40 to pay expenses of his detachment. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 441

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Draft copy of letter from Elijah Hicks to Commissioner George H. Manypenny. Seeking presidential relief from trial by both Cherokee and United States Court in a capital case. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1021

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Inscribed in ink on 4026.1196.1 verso, "Copy"

Description Letter from General Winfield Scott to Chief John Ross, E. Hicks, John Brown, E. Gunter, Sittewakee, White Path, and R. Taylor stating conditions under which he would permit the Cherokees to move themselves. Folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 377 Transcript Head Quarters Eastern Division Cherokee Agency, July 25, 1838 Gentlemen I have received your letter submitting certain proposals, dated the 23th...

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Letter from George H. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Messrs. Elijah Hicks and Adair. Notifying them of appointment with President. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. 4026.1188.2 is an envelope with handwritten text in ink on the recto with a wax seal. Folder 1011

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Letter from Commissioner George H. Manypenny to delegation. Reporting failure to find names of Cherokees deprived of their guns in 1836, 1837, or 1838. Folder 1013.

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Letter from John Ross, George Lowrey, Major Ridge, and Elijah Hicks, Cherokee Delegation, Washington City, to Gales and Seaton (National Intelligencer). Concerning dispossessing Indians of their lands. (Moulton) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 14

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Written in pencil on 4026.29a.2 verso, "Chief Ross"

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Letter from Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett to the Chief John Ross Delegation acknowledging the about letter, and stating that no negotiation can be entertained, and chiding delegates for raising false hopes among Cherokee. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 280

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Letter from Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett to the Chief John Ross Delegation acknowledging the about letter, and stating that no negotiation can be entertained, and chiding delegates for raising false hopes among Cherokee. Folder 280

Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: The Eastern Band of Cherokees were those who, under the leadership of John Ross, did not subscribe to the treaty of New Echota (1835) and had to be removed by force to the Western lands. However, there had been emigration to the West as early as 1810 by groups who wished to leave Georgia and the term "Western Cherokees" was applied to this group as well as to later emigrants. The papers in the Gilcrease files labeled "Eastern...

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Memorial and Petition signed [printed January 15, by Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter] Samuel Gunter, James Brown, Elijah Hicks, Richard Taylor, Sitewakee, and White Path Cherokee delegation to United States Congress. [Moulton]. Folder 275.