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John Ross

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\AGENTS FACET\People\people\Individuals\

Found in 906 Collections and/or Records:

List of 369 Numbered Claims for Spoliation, Valuation, Reservation, and False Improvements, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 875: [Barcode: 187.875]
Identifier: 4026.3029-.4
Description

Untitled list of 369 numbered claims for Spoliation, valuation, reservation, and false improvements. Letter of July 3, 1842 from Moses Daniel to Ross indicating claims were being presented in Washington. The list probably represents those of one district or special claims clerk. Pages with handwritten text ink. Folder 875

Dates: 1797 - 1897
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

List of Expenses at Cherokee Agency East, November 5, 1839

 Item — Folder 674: [Barcode: 187.674]
Identifier: 4026.863-.2
Description

List of expenses paid by Hiram Linders at Cherokee Agency East (in 1838) with receipt for reimbursement by Chief John Ross. Three sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on five pages. Folder 674

Dates: November 5, 1839
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Longhand text of Article from National Intelligencer citing Commissioners action barring Chief John Ross., September 26, 1865

 Item — Folder 1287: [Barcode: 187.1287]
Identifier: 4027.1523-.1
Description

Longhand text of Article from National Intelligencer citing Commissioners action barring Chief John Ross. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1287

Dates: September 26, 1865
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Manuscript Collection: Eastern Band Cherokee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1964.36
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...
Dates: 1752-1907
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Eastern Band Cherokee Papers

Manuscript Collection: John Drew

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.58
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A miscellaneous collection reflecting a long and busy life of John Drew (c. 1800-1865), a leading Cherokee, both at the time of removal and later as a representative of the tribe in Washington. Drew served as a Confederate soldier and officer; he was also a banker, a lawyer of sorts, and a storekeeper. Much of the collection consists of business papers of all sorts, many reflecting various aspects of the traffic in slaves, and...
Dates: 1812-1916
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.169
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Howard Payne (1791-1852) visited the Cherokee country in the 1830's, and two of these letters are introductions to John Ross, the Cherokee Chief. There is an exchange of seven letters between them, mostly personal. Some letters and photostats concern the arrest of Ross and Payne. One letter from John Ridge offers his regrets that Payne cannot visit his house and mentions sending him various Cherokee papers. Payne was...
Dates: 1832-1945
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.185
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: John Ross (1790-1866) chief of the First Indian Republic, was principal chief of the Cherokees during the time of the Removal , establishment of the Cherokee Nation, and until his death. During the Civil War he split with the Cherokees who favored the Southern cause and ruled in exile after 1863 from Philadelphia. The collection contains correspondence, proclamation as chief of the Cherokee Tribe, legal papers, records,...
Dates: [no date]
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1975.186
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of letters, some written in Cherokee, receipts, birth and marriage certificates and newspaper clippings. Most letters are between Lewis and Henry Ross.

Dates: 1826 -1948
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

Manuscript Collection: Sequoyah Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.194
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Very little manuscript material remains concerning Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, (circa 1760-1843). These items consist of clippings from newspapers, excerpts from periodicals, photostats, and some material written in the syllabary, part of which has been translated into English by Levi Gritts. One photostatic letter signed by John Ross and John Drew attests that Sally Guess is the "only surviving widow of George...
Dates: 1835-1860
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: Sequoyah Papers

Marriage Certificate of Chief John Ross and Mary B. Stapler, September 2, 1844

 Item — Folder 941: [Barcode: 187.941]
Identifier: 5126.52
Description

Marriage certificate of John Ross and Mary B. Stapler, Mariner's Church in Philadelphia. Folder 941

Dates: September 2, 1844
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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