chief (tribal leader)
Found in 883 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Catherine Lipe to Chief John Ross, June 22, 1839
Letter from Catherine Lipe, Park Hill, to Chief John Ross. Reciting facts concerning Negro slaves inherited by her but sold by her white husband without her consent, and later moved west and delivered to her. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 564
Letter from Catherine Lipe to Chief John Ross, June 22, 1839
Letter from Catherine Lipe; to Chief John Ross. More about slaves described in 4026.756.1. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 566
Letter from Charles E. Isaacs, J. Powell, John M. Wilkinson and W.I.I. Morrow to Chief John Ross, September 1, 1838
Letter from Charles E. Isaacs, J. Powell, John M. Wilkinson and W.I.I. Morrow, Physicians, to Chief John Ross recommending increase to at least two Physicians per detachment. (Portion in Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 417
Letter from Charles E. Mix to Chief John Ross, June 25, 1860
Letter from Acting Commissioner Charles E. Mix to Chief John Ross in Wilmington transmitting 5 Bounty Land warrants. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1077
Letter from Charles E. Mix to Chief John Ross, June 26, 1860
Letter from Acting Commissioner Charles E. Mix to Chief John Ross transmitting letter June 22, 1860. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 1078
Letter from Cherokee Agent George Butler to Chief John Ross, September 7, 1859
Letter from Cherokee Agent George Butler to Chief John Ross transmitting two letters of August 27, 1857. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1058
Letter from Cherokee Delegation in Washington City to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alfred B. Greenwood, April 2, 1860
Letter from Cherokee Delegation (Chief John Ross, John Drew, P. M. Benge, and Thomas Pegg) in Washington City to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alfred B. Greenwood principally relating to 'Neutral Land'. (Moulton). Folder 1069.
Letter from Chief John Ross Addressed to 'Gentleman', September 15, 1835
Letter (apparently signed by Chief John Ross) addressed 'Gentleman' asking recipient to observe trial of White Path based on hatched-up charges. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 154
Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter to Colonel John Mason, Jr., November 14, 1837
Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter in Washington City to Colonel John Mason, Jr. altering proposal 'to convey all lands belonging to us within the limits of Georgia, retaining only so much as shall be agreed upon as furnishing a convenient and sufficient connection between residue of our territory.' (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 262
Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter to Colonel John Mason, Jr., December 6, 1837
Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter in Washington City to Colonel John Mason, Jr. regretting termination of negotiations and acceptance of Senate ratification without assent of Cherokees to the Treaty. Three sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on all rectos and versos. Folder 272