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Commissioner of Indian Affairs

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Keywords
Scope Note: Authorities\John Ross\

Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from George C. Whitney to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alfred B. Greenwood, June 22, 1860

 Item — Folder 1076: [Barcode: 187.1076]
Identifier: 4026.1246
Description

Letter from George C. Whitney, Pension Office, to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alfred B. Greenwood concerning Bounty Land Claim of Susannah Taylor. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1076

Dates: June 22, 1860

Letter from George H. Manypenny to Elijah Hicks, April 28, 1853

 Item — Folder 1011: [Barcode: 187.1011]
Identifier: 4026.1188-.2
Description

Letter from George H. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Messrs. Elijah Hicks and Adair. Notifying them of appointment with President. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. 4026.1188.2 is an envelope with handwritten text in ink on the recto with a wax seal. Folder 1011

Dates: April 28, 1853

Letter from George H. Manypenny to Elijah Hicks, May 7, 1853

 Item — Folder 1013: [Barcode: 187.1013]
Identifier: 3826.7563
Description

Letter from Commissioner George H. Manypenny to delegation. Reporting failure to find names of Cherokees deprived of their guns in 1836, 1837, or 1838. Folder 1013.

Dates: May 7, 1853

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke to Commissioner Thomas Huntley Crawford, June 1840

 Item — Folder 729B: [Barcode: 187.729B]
Identifier: 4026.926-.3
Description

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke to Commissioner Thomas Huntley Crawford in reply to Crawford's letter of June 19 refuting: (Lumpkin, etc.) (Draft and final copies) Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 729B

Dates: June 1840

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke to Thomas H. Crawford, June 12, 1840

 Item — Folder 722: [Barcode: 187.722]
Identifier: 4026.1164
Description

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke, attorney for Chief John Ross, to Thomas H. Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking when examination of a Cherokee claim (See Folders of May 18, 1840) will begin. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 722

Dates: June 12, 1840

Letter from nephew to William Potter Ross, April 3, 1866

 Item — Folder 1303: [Barcode: 187.1303]
Identifier: 4026.1878
Description

Letter from nephew (signature page missing) in Washington City to William Potter Ross reporting on Chief John Ross' illness and visit by Commissioner Cooley, Superintendent Sells, and Agent Harlan. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1303

Dates: April 3, 1866

Letter from Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett to M. St. Clair Clarke, July 15, 1840

 Item — Folder 734: [Barcode: 187.734]
Identifier: 4026.904
Description

Letter from Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett to M. St. Clair Clarke. Rejecting request of July 13. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 734

Dates: July 15, 1840

Letter from Secretary R. McClelland to Commissioner George H. Manypenny , May 28, 1853

 Item — Folder 1018: [Barcode: 187.1018]
Identifier: 4026.1193
Description

Copy of Secretary of Interior R. McClelland's transmittal of letter (May 24, 1853) to Commissioner George H. Manypenny. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 1018



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: May 28, 1853

Letter from Superintendent of Indian Affairs W. G. Coffin to Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole, April 5, 1865

 Item — Folder 1280: [Barcode: 187.1280]
Identifier: 4027.1518
Description

Letter from Superintendent of Indian Affairs W. G. Coffin to Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole stating that Chief John Ross is Principal Chief and Lewis Ross is Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1280

Dates: April 5, 1865

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas L. McKenney to Chief John Ross, August 4, 1834

 Item — Folder 121: [Barcode: 187.121]
Identifier: 4026.157-.1
Description

Letter from the Commissioner Thomas L. McKenney to Chief John Ross seeking information about "Legus Zab (?) and the Cherokee people"; also expressing sympathy for "the heavy calamity that rests on you all." Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 121

Dates: August 4, 1834