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Athens

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\nations\United States\states\Georgia\counties\Clarke\inhabited places\

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Leaflet advertising Carolyn Thomas Foreman's publication titled Park Hill, Oklahoma, circa 1948

 Item — Folder 55: [Barcode: 188.55]
Identifier: 5327.333
Description

Folder 55

Dates: circa 1948
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1975.186, Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

Letter from Ed Harden to Chief John Ross, June 28, 1835

 Item — Folder 146: [Barcode: 187.146]
Identifier: 4026.196
Description

Letter from Ed Harden, Athens, Georgia, to Chief john Ross. Offering to attend meeting with United States Commissioners. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides, inside is blank. Folder 146.

Dates: June 28, 1835
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from General Winfield Scott to Chief John Ross, November 14, 1838

 Item — Folder 492: [Barcode: 187.492]
Identifier: 3826.7552-.2
Description

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

Dates: November 14, 1838
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross, January 16, 1837

 Item — Folder 208: [Barcode: 187.208]
Identifier: 4026.434-.1
Description

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

Dates: January 16, 1837
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

Letter from William H. Underwood, Esquire to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1831

 Item — Folder 67: [Barcode: 187.67]
Identifier: 4026.102
Description

Letter from William H. Underwood, Esquire to Chief John Ross reporting the change of Judges, probably actions by Georgia, and status or writs of error "in the case of the missionaries.' Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 67

Dates: November 15, 1831
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / Manuscript Collection: John Howard Payne (Grant Foreman Collection)

Red Clay Council, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 1397: [Barcode: 187.1397]
Identifier: 4126.85.5
Description

Newspaper clipping referencing the Red Clay Council. Folder 1397

Dates: 1797 - 1897
Found in: Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research / MC.1954.185, Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

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