John Howard Payne Manuscript Collection
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subcollections
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Sub-Collection\
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from John Ross to John Howard Payne regarding the Cherokees' removal, February 10, 1838
Item — Folder 12: [Barcode: 171.12]
Identifier: 3826.1980
Description
Folder 12
Dates:
February 10, 1838
Letter from John Ross to Joseph Williams introducing John Howard Payne, November 24, 1835
Item — Folder 6: [Barcode: 171.6]
Identifier: 3826.1966
Description
Folder 6
Dates:
November 24, 1835
Letter from P. Rockwell to John Ross introducing John Howard Payne, September 24, 1835
Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 171.4]
Identifier: 3826.1963
Description
Folder 4
Dates:
September 24, 1835
Letter from W. Tannehill to John Howard Payne describing an ancient mound in Alabama, December 22, 1834
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 171.1]
Identifier: 3826.1962
Description
Folder 1
Dates:
December 22, 1834
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