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Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Hopoethleyahola and other Creek Chiefs and Headmen regarding their endorsement on Chief John Ross letter of August 24. (Folder 1117) (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1123

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Inscribed, "Copy of letter to Opothleyahola + others of the chiefs + Headmen of the Creek Nation Sept. 19, 1861

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Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Hopoethleyahola and other Creek Chiefs and Headmen regarding their endorsement on Chief John Ross letter of August 24. (Folder 1117) (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1123

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Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

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Letter from Chief John Ross to Creek Chiefs and Headmen asking that they furnish a guide to lead Elijah R. Hicks and Joshua Ross to Captain Albert Pike; Alliance to be formed with Confederacy; Captain John Drew to raise regiment; endorsement by Opothleyahola questions authenticity. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1117

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Letter from Duncan Campbell and James Meriwether (United States Commissioners) and Thomas Radcock and James Blair (Georgia Commissioners) to Cherokee Chiefs, Headmen, and Warriors regarding failure of Cherokees to meet on January 15, 1823. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 13

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Article between James Barbour, Secretary of War, and the Creek Nation declaring the Creek Treaty of Indian Springs null and void (in fragment of letter discussing the same). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 18A

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Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, Chiefs, and Headmen about their move to the lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 72

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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

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Folder 52

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Letter from W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War, to Ross & Headmen of the Nation. Conveying President's request for an accounting to prove that school and orphan food moneys have not been used to defray ordinary national expenses. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 971

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...