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

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel. R. Poinsett referring to statements of expenses of emigration. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 717

Draft copy of letter of September 12. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 779

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Agent P. M. Butler transmitting copy of act naming John Ross, David Van, Jesse Bushyhead, William Shorey Coodey, and John Benge as a delegation to represent the Cherokee Nation to deal with the U. S. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 791

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross in Washington City, to Colonel Thomas C. Hindman. Requesting information as to U.S. arrangements for horses and wagons prior to take-over by Cherokees. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 772

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross and delegation to Commissioner William Armstrong, Western Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Suggesting that Commissioners to be named to adjudicate Cherokees claims against U. S. be ordered to perform their duties in the Cherokee Country. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 740

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Senator Sam L. Southard. Regarding draft drawn in favor of widow of William Wirt. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 715

Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to William Potter Ross. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 773

Draft of letter from T. C. Hindman, Washington City, to Joseph Lynch. Regarding Lynch's whereabouts on day of Ridge-Boudinot murders. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 713

Draft of memorial from (Feb. 28, 1840) Cherokee delegation to Congress (See 4026.898, Feb. 28, 1840) Reciting removal, Joint Council at Takatoka, June 1839, Ridge-Boudinot murders, National Convention, General Matthew Arbuckle and Old Settlers, false charges of violence, the banning of communication with Ross, etc. and seeking settlement with the U. S. (Moulton gives complete text) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 708