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chief (tribal leader)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\AGENTS FACET\People\people\people by occupation\people in government and administration\rulers (people)\

Found in 883 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross, April 6, 1838

 Item — Folder 332: [Barcode: 187.332]
Identifier: 4026.555-.1
Description

Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross reporting of Seminole Delegation and frauds going on in disbursement of money. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 332

Dates: April 6, 1838

Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross, April 20, 1838

 Item — Folder 340: [Barcode: 187.340]
Identifier: 4026.563.a
Description

Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross endorsing proposal in Chief John Ross' letter of April 4 (or possibly April 5), but expressing no hope it will succeed. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 340

Dates: April 20, 1838

Letter from Lewis W. Hildebrand to Chief John Ross, March 10, 1838

 Item — Folder 316: [Barcode: 187.316]
Identifier: 4026.540
Description

Letter from Lewis W. Hildebrand to Chief John Ross, reporting arrival in Washington with petition bearing 15,665 signatures. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 316



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter from Lewis W. Hildebrand March 10, 1838"

Dates: March 10, 1838

Letter from Lorenzo De Lana to Chief John Ross, April 21, 1842

 Item — Folder 855: [Barcode: 187.855]
Identifier: 4026.1022
Description

Letter from Lorenzo De Lana, Park Hill. Who has requested establishment of mail route to Evansville, Ark. to Chief John Ross. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 855

Dates: April 21, 1842

Letter from M. C. Washburn to Chief John Ross, August 7, 1839

 Item — Folder 617: [Barcode: 187.617]
Identifier: 4026.807
Description

Letter from M. C. Washburn, Eliza Butler, William Potter, and Samuel A. Worcester (white ministers), Park Hill, to Chief John Ross and John Brown. Offering to mediate the Cherokee difficulties. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 617

Dates: August 7, 1839

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke to Thomas H. Crawford, June 12, 1840

 Item — Folder 722: [Barcode: 187.722]
Identifier: 4026.1164
Description

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke, attorney for Chief John Ross, to Thomas H. Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking when examination of a Cherokee claim (See Folders of May 18, 1840) will begin. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 722

Dates: June 12, 1840

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 M. Stokes to John Jolly, John Brown, and Joseph Vann, Principle Chiefs, September 1, 1836

 Item — Folder 193: [Barcode: 187.193]
Identifier: 4026.344-.1
Description

Letter from Sub-Agent M. Stoke to John Jolly, John Brown, and Joseph Vann, Principle Chiefs, enclosing a claim (not found). (OS) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 193

Dates: September 1, 1836