Tennessee
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
John Ross's Master Mason certificate, April 5, 1827
Certificate of Chief John Ross's initiation as a Master Mason by the Olive Branch Lodge in Jasper, Tennessee. Embossed seal on ribbon. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. 4026.33b is a photocopy. Folder 19
Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett, January 16, 1838
Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett asking him to authenticate copy of letter from War Department to General N. Smith, Calhoun Tennessee. (Possibly a draft of a letter). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 287
Letter from Colonel Lindsay to John J. Posey, July 1, 1828
Letter from Colonel Lindsay to John J. Posey regarding Cherokee's sale of cattle. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 24
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in pencil on verso, "1828"
Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross, November 20, 1837
Letter from Evan Jones near Columbus, Tennessee to Chief John Ross reporting on small number of migrants, stationing of soldiers, and activities of W. H. Thomas. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 266
Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross, December 29, 1837
Letter from Evan Jones in Columbus, Tennessee to Chief John Ross regarding conditions in Cherokee Nation. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 281
Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross, October 27, 1838
Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross. Reporting progress of Sittewakee detachment to McMinnville, Tenn. and commenting on Bushyhead's problems. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 477
Letter from General Winfield Scott to Chief John Ross, November 14, 1838
Letter from Gen. Scott to Ross. Questioning $92,781.50 requisitions (Nov. 9) and referring same to Capt. John Page. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 492
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink, "Copy" in upper left corner on recto
Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832
Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross about support for Elias Boudinot's trip. Is happy about decision in Worchester v. Georgia, and reports on the Secretary of War Lewis Cass who wants a removal treaty. Also says he has given a letter of introduction to Chief John Ross for John Dunlap from Scotland. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 241-42 resembles this letter). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 70
Letter from John Williams to Chief John Ross, September 16, 1832
Letter from John Williams to Chief John Ross regarding permission to work gold mines. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 73
Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross, January 16, 1837
Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross in Red Clay advising him to flee to Athens Tennessee to avoid arrest. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 208