Fort Scott
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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Envelope addressed to Mr. Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, from Henry C. Ross, Moravian Boarding School at Nazareth Hall, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1864
Item — Folder 26: [Barcode: 188.26]
Identifier: 4026.276.1
Description
Folder 26
Dates:
November 7, 1864
Envelope Addressed to Ross c/o Dr. Gilpatrick, 1797 - 1897
Item — Folder 1384: [Barcode: 187.1384]
Identifier: 4026.3060
Description
Envelope addressed to Ross c/o Dr. Gilpatrick, Fort Scott; note on rear dated Jan. 6, 1863. Envelope with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1384
Dates:
1797 - 1897
Letter from Henry C. Ross, age 16, in Philadelphia to Lewis Ross in Washington D.C. regarding his school and plans to not return to the Nation, March 27, 1864
Item — Folder 7: [Barcode: 188.7]
Identifier: 4026.257
Description
Folder 7
Dates:
March 27, 1864
Letter from Lewis Ross in Washington D.C. to his son, Henry Ross in Pennsylvania, March 29, 1864
Item — Folder 6: [Barcode: 188.6]
Identifier: 4026.260
Description
In this letter, Lewis Ross gives advice to his son, Henry on behavior at school at Nazareth Hall as well as information about the Indian Regiment assignments during the Civil War. Folder 6
Dates:
March 29, 1864
Letter to Henry Ross, from Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, describing raids on Wagon Trains from or to Fort Scott, December 7, 1864
Item — Folder 29: [Barcode: 188.29]
Identifier: 4026.279-.1
Description
Folder 29
Dates:
December 7, 1864
Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross
Collection
Identifier: MC.1975.186
Collection Overview
Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of letters, some written in Cherokee, receipts, birth and marriage certificates and newspaper clippings. Most letters are between Lewis and Henry Ross.
Dates:
1826 -1948