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Cherokee Delegation

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Keywords
Scope Note: Authorities\John Ross\

Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of Letter from Sec. Poinsett to Cherokee Delegation, January 4, 1840

 Item — Folder 689: [Barcode: 187.689]
Identifier: 4026.882
Description

Letter from Secretary of State Joel Roberts Poinsett to Cherokee delegation. Reiterating banning of Chief John Ross and indicating willingness to do business with remaining portion of delegation; names of accusers to evidence which will be produced in progress of investigation (original and 2 copies). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 689

Dates: January 4, 1840

Copy of Letter from Secretary of State Joel Roberts of Poinsett to Cherokee Delegation, January 4, 1840

 Item — Folder 689: [Barcode: 187.689]
Identifier: 4026.881
Description

Letter from Secretary of State Joel Roberts Poinsett to Cherokee delegation. Reiterating banning of Chief John Ross and indicating willingness to do business with remaining portion of delegation; names of accusers to evidence which will be produced in progress of investigation (original and 2 copies). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 689

Dates: January 4, 1840

Copy of Unsigned Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary of the Interior J. P. Usher, July 29, 1864

 Item — Folder 1243: [Barcode: 187.1243]
Identifier: 4026.1454-.1
Description

Copy of letter [unsigned letter from Cherokee Delegation] to Secretary of the Interior J. P. Usher repeating complaints about General Blunt's General Order Number 7 and loss of stock in country. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1243



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: July 29, 1864

Destitution Among Cherokees, 1883

 Item — Folder 1397: [Barcode: 187.1397]
Identifier: 4126.85.4
Description

Destitution among Cherokees. Folder 1397

Dates: 1883

Document Submitted by Cherokee Delegation to House Committee on Indian Affairs to Support Memorial Presented on February 28, 1840., April 20, 1840

 Item — Folder 714: [Barcode: 187.714]
Identifier: 4026.1159-.29
Description

Document submitted by Cherokee delegation to House Committee on Indian Affairs to support memorial presented on February 28, 1840. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on thirty two pages. Folder 714

Dates: April 20, 1840

Draft Copies of Letter from Chief John Ross to Lewis Ross, January 13, 1838

 Item — Folder 286: [Barcode: 187.286]
Identifier: 4026.514a.1-.2
Description

Draft copies of letter from Chief John Ross in Washington City to Brother Lewis Ross as to the Billingsgate Epistle and Seminole Deputation. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 286

Dates: January 13, 1838

Draft Copies of Letter from Chief John Ross to Lewis Ross., January 13, 1838

 Item — Folder 286: [Barcode: 187.286]
Identifier: 4026.514b.1-.2
Description

Draft copies of letter from Chief John Ross in Washington City to Brother Lewis Ross as to the Billingsgate Epistle and Seminole Deputation. [Moulton]. Folder 286.

Dates: January 13, 1838

Draft Copies of Letter from Chief John Ross to Lewis Ross., January 13, 1838

 Item — Folder 286: [Barcode: 187.286]
Identifier: 4026.514c.1
Description

Draft copies of letter from Chief John Ross in Washington City to Brother Lewis Ross as to the Billingsgate Epistle and Seminole Deputation. [Moulton]. Folder 286.

Dates: January 13, 1838

Draft copy (fragment) of Chief John Ross to J. B. Jones letter, December 16, 1865

 Item — Folder 1294: [Barcode: 187.1294]
Identifier: 4027.1529
Description

Draft copy (fragment) of Chief John Ross in Philadelphia to J. B. Jones letter. (See December 15, 1865) (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1294

Dates: December 16, 1865

Draft Copy of Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Commissioner James Steele, June 8, 1864

 Item — Folder 1230: [Barcode: 187.1230]
Identifier: 4026.1443-.3
Description

Draft copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation (similar to letter of same date) signed by Chief John Ross, Lewis Ross, Lewis Downing, James McDaniel, and Evan Jones to Commissioner James Steele regarding allowing the Delaware Indians to settle on the Cherokee "Neutral" land south of Kansas. Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on seven pages. Folder 1230



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a Communication"

Dates: June 8, 1864