chief (tribal leader)
Found in 883 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Moody Hall to Chief John Ross, September 19, 1838
Letter from Moody Hall to Chief John Ross. Seeking berth as Physician. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 429
Letter from Moses Daniel to Chief John Ross, July 3, 1842
Photostat of letter from Moses Daniel, Baties Prairie, to Ross and delegation. Regarding Williams claim [See June 24, letter] Baties Prairie, and other claims; also reporting on killing of Foreman and a white woman in Arkansas with the Cherokee murderer, Walking Woolf, turned over to her family and killed by a mob. (Moulton). Folder 875.
Letter from Motey Kennard to Chief John Ross, October 1, 1861
Letter from Motey Kanard at Camp Pleasant to Chief John Ross stating that Creeks headed by Opothleyahola dissatisfied with Creek Treaty with South; Kennard wants Cherokee old men to give them a true statement of their condition. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1126
Letter from Motey Kennard to Chief John Ross, October 3, 1861
Letter from Motey Kennard to Chief John Ross asking aid against anticipated attack on regiment by opposition party. (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1127
Letter from N. St. Clair Clarke to Chief John Ross, August 22, 1840
Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke, President, to Chief John Ross, Philadelphia. "Has ordered the A/T to be reopened, but I cannot find out to what extent." One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 744
Letter from Nat Fisher and 22 others to Chief John Ross, January 23, 1863
Letter from Nat Fisher and 22 others near Maysville, Arkansas to Chief John Ross asking him to oppose removal of Colonel William A. Phillips as head of Indian Brigade. Attached is another letter from D. H. Ross to his uncle Chief John Ross. This concerns Colonel Weir's (Weer's) role in Colonel Phillips matter and family losses of property and by death. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three sides. Folder 1177
Letter from Nephew Daniel H. Ross to Chief John Ross, June 17, 1840
Letter from nephew Daniel H. Ross at Lawrenceville, New Jersey to Chief John Ross. Personal news. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. (Moulton) Folder 726
Letter from nephew to William Potter Ross, April 3, 1866
Letter from nephew (signature page missing) in Washington City to William Potter Ross reporting on Chief John Ross' illness and visit by Commissioner Cooley, Superintendent Sells, and Agent Harlan. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1303
Letter from O. S. Fowler to Chief John Ross, March 28, 1838
Letter from O. S. Fowler, Practical Phrenologist, to Chief John Ross asking Ross to allow plaster casts to be made of heads of Cherokee Delegation. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 329
Letter from Opoethle Yo Holo to Chief John Ross, July 3, 1839
Letter from Opoethle Yo Holo, Little Doctor, Tuckagat'chee Nuccim and Jim Boy (Creeks) to Chief John Ross and other Cherokee Head Chiefs expressing interest in result of Council. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 576