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Act establishing the Judiciary; (same signers as 4026.824) Four folded sheets with handwritten text in ink on 14 pages. Folder 641

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Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 71

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Copy of letter from John McLean to Chief John Ross. Recommends the exchange of Cherokee eastern lands for lands west of the Mississippi. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 71

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Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

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Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to W. Harris regarding the hold up of annuity (Moulton). Copy of letter to William Rogers enclosing above letter. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 50

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Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

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Handwritten complaint from the Western Cherokee tribe to the United States Senate and House of Representatives discussing the legislative treatment of the Eastern and Western Cherokee tribes in relation to Treaty of 1833 alongside the matter of forced removal and land costs. Discusses the Western Cherokee's land stolen by the Eastern Cherokee that was then sold to the U.S. government. Eighteen pages long. Folder 63

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Handwritten Roll of Eastern Cherokees consisting of those claiming transportation and subsistence as being entitled thereto according to the Malloy Roll. Folder 26

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Letter from John Ridge, who is on tour with Elias Boudinot, to Chief John Ross commenting on the political situation and condition of the Arkansas Cherokees, etc. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 68

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Draft copy of letter by William Shorey Coodey, Chief John Ross, Young Wolf and Joseph M. Vann, to Agent Montfort Stokes. Protesting arrest of Cherokees and their imprisonment at Garrison (Moulton) 4026.854-.1 is a folded sheet with handwritten text in ink on four pages. 4026.854.2 is one sheet with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 665

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...

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,...