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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\ACTIVITIES FACET\Events\events\armed conflicts\wars\civil wars\

Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard to Chief John Ross, June 12, 1861

 Item — Folder 1107: [Barcode: 187.1107]
Identifier: 4026.1274-.1
Description

Letter and copy from Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard at Fort Smith to Chief John Ross stating reasons why Cherokee should join the South. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1107

Dates: June 12, 1861

Letter from Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard to Chief John Ross, June 12, 1861

 Item — Folder 1107: [Barcode: 187.1107]
Identifier: 4026.1275-.1
Description

Letter and copy from Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard at Fort Smith to Chief John Ross stating reasons why Cherokee should join the South. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1107

Dates: June 12, 1861

Letter from Creek Chiefs Motey Kanard and Echo Harjo to Chief John Ross, October 18, 1861

 Item — Folder 1133: [Barcode: 187.1133]
Identifier: 4026.1327
Description

Letter from Creek Chiefs Motey Kanard and Echo Harjo at Camp Losely to Chief John Ross stating that Hopoothyahola (Opothleyahola) opposition must be 'put down at any cost.' (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1133

Dates: October 18, 1861

Letter from Daniel H. Ross to Chief John Ross, July 7, 1864

 Item — Folder 1240: [Barcode: 187.1240]
Identifier: 4026.1433-.1
Description

Letter from Daniel H. Ross at Fort Gibson to Chief John Ross regarding fraud of McDonald and Company under contract for feeding Cherokee. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1240

Dates: July 7, 1864

Letter from E. Y. Hancock to Chief John Ross, March 29, 1864

 Item — Folder 1212: [Barcode: 187.1212]
Identifier: 4026.1427-.1
Description

Letter from E. Y. Hancock in Quincy Illinois, Former teacher to Cherokee, to Chief John Ross inviting Chief John Ross to make fund-raising stop in Quincy Illinois on his return home. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1212

Dates: March 29, 1864

Letter from Evan Jones to United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole, January 21, 1862

 Item — Folder 1152: [Barcode: 187.1152]
Identifier: 4026.1349-.5
Description

Letter from Evan Jones in Lawrence Kansas to United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole regarding Chief John Ross' change from neutrality to support of Confederacy. Two sheets of folded paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 1152

Dates: January 21, 1862

Letter from Huckleberry Downing to Chief John Ross, January 8, 1863

 Item — Folder 1173: [Barcode: 187.1173]
Identifier: 4026.1363-.3
Description

Letter from Huckleberry Downing and six other Cherokee at Post Neosho, Missouri to Chief John Ross stating they believe the Nation is cleared of Confederates and Post Neosho created to handle refuges, but Cherokee Agent Harlow wants them moved to Dry Wood near Fort Scott. (Moulton). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 1173

Dates: January 8, 1863

Letter from J. B. Jones to William Potter Ross, March 14, 1864

 Item — Folder 1210: [Barcode: 187.1210]
Identifier: 4026.1424
Description

Copy of letter from J. B. Jones at Fort Gibson to William Potter Ross referring to report by Colonel Phillips that Military Government is to be established among Cherokee till end of war. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1210



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on verso, "A Copy"

Dates: March 14, 1864

Letter from J. P. Evans to Chief John Ross, July 2, 1861

 Item — Folder 1111: [Barcode: 187.1111]
Identifier: 4026.1305-.1
Description

Letter from J. P. Evans to Chief John Ross reporting incident at Webbers Falls in which full-bloods under Doublehead prevented a Captain's company from raising a Confederate Flag, after which Doublehead's life was threatened and the killing of half-bloods by full-bloods planned. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1111

Dates: July 2, 1861

Letter from J. P. Todd to Chief John Ross, February 24, 1865

 Item — Folder 1275: [Barcode: 187.1275]
Identifier: 4027.1513
Description

Letter from J. P. Todd in Mobile to Chief John Ross asking him to look after 'Carrie' (Caroline Francis Smith Todd Ross, widow of Dr. R. D. Ross, per Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1275

Dates: February 24, 1865