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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Information Forms\information forms\document genres\document genres by function\correspondence\correspondence by internal form\

Found in 1756 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary or War E. M. Stanton, July 25, 1864

 Item — Folder 1241: [Barcode: 187.1241]
Identifier: 4026.1452-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation (Chief John Ross and Evan Jones) to Secretary of War E. M. Stanton presenting petition [not found] objecting to General Blunt's General Order Number 7, and commending Colonel William D. Phillips. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1241



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: July 25, 1864

Copy of Letter from Cherokee Delegation to the President, September 30, 1850

 Item — Folder 992: [Barcode: 187.992]
Identifier: 4026.1150-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Cherokee delegation to the President. Urging him to give special attention to the payment required by the Cherokee Treaty of 1835. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 992

Dates: September 30, 1850

Copy of Letter from Chickasaw Governor Cyrus Harris to Chief John Ross, January 5, 1861

 Item — Folder 1088: [Barcode: 187.1088]
Identifier: 4026.1256
Description

Copy of letter from Chickasaw Governor Cyrus Harris to Chief John Ross transmitting Act dated January 5, 1861. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1088



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: January 5, 1861

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross and 9 members of the Cherokee Nation East and West to Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, March 16, 1837

 Item — Folder 216: [Barcode: 187.216]
Identifier: 4026.442
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross and 9 members of the Cherokee Nation East and West to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett submitting credentials and communication [not included] for consideration of President. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 216

Dates: March 16, 1837

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross, Edward Gunter, Rich Taylor, and William S. Coodey to President Andrew Jackson, April 6, 1829

 Item — Folder 27: [Barcode: 187.27]
Identifier: 4026.40
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross, Edward Gunter, Rich Taylor, and William S. Coodey in Washington City to President Andrew Jackson concerning Agent Colonel Hugh Montgomery. (Moulton) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 27



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: April 6, 1829

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Agent M. Stokes, July 18, 1839

 Item — Folder 589: [Barcode: 187.589]
Identifier: 4026.781
Description

Copy of letter from Ross and 23 other Cherokees to Agent M. Stokes. Repeating invitation to attend convention because of communication of July 17. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 589



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: July 18, 1839

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Agent M. Stokes, July 19, 1839

 Item — Folder 596: [Barcode: 187.596]
Identifier: 4026.788
Description

Draft copy of letter from convention, signed by Chief John Ross, George Lowrey, and George Guess, to Agent Stokes. Reporting more hopeful signs of peace and presence of Joan Looney. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 596



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: July 19, 1839

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector, February 22, 1861

 Item — Folder 1096: [Barcode: 187.1096]
Identifier: 4026.1264-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector holding that Cherokee Nation is bound by Treaties with and under protection of the United States, but friendly to slave-holding citizens. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1096



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: February 22, 1861

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole, December 10, 1863

 Item — Folder 1205: [Barcode: 187.1205]
Identifier: 4026.1419
Description Copy of letter from Chief John Ross for the Cherokee Delegation to Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole applying for $4,000 to cover expenses of protracted stay in Washington. (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1205 Inscription(s) Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"; Inscribed in ink on verso, "Copy of a Communication to the Hon. WP. Dole Commissioner of Indn. Affairs. on behalf of the...
Dates: December 10, 1863

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole, September 29, 1864

 Item — Folder 1257: [Barcode: 187.1257]
Identifier: 4026.1466-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross in Philadelphia to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole regarding promise to renew subsistence for refugee families referred to in letter of August 15, 1864; has not heard from people in West since Cabin Creek. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1257



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: September 29, 1864