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Indian Removal

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

Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Power of Attorney to Chief John Ross, August 1, 1838

 Item — Folder 386: [Barcode: 187.386]
Identifier: 4026.613
Description

Power of Attorney to John Ross from "Committee" permitting him to request money from the U.S. for funds needed for Cherokee emigration and receipt for same; signed by John Ross, E. Gunter, R. Taylor, Sittewakee, and White Path. Folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 386

Dates: August 1, 1838

Printed 'Address' of Major General Winfield Scott to the Cherokee, May 10, 1838

 Item — Folder 343: [Barcode: 187.343]
Identifier: 4026.565a-b
Description

Printed 'address' of Major General Winfield Scott to the Cherokee asking them to make preparations for removal and gather at Ross' Landing or Gunter's Landing. One sheet of paper with typed text in ink on recto and handwritten text in ink on verso. Folder 343

Dates: May 10, 1838

Printed Orders Number 25 of General Winfield Scott, May 17, 1838

 Item — Folder 348: [Barcode: 187.348]
Identifier: 4026.571-.1
Description

Printed Orders Number 25 of General Winfield Scott, Commander of Cherokee Removal, for round up of Cherokee at Cherokee Agency, Ross' Landing, or Gunter's Landing. One sheet of paper with typed text in ink on recto. Folder 348

Dates: May 17, 1838

Questions and Answers of Unnamed Witness about Visit of Starr Boys, October 19, 1838 to April 29,1839

 Item — Folder 1379: [Barcode: 187.1379]
Identifier: 4026.3027
Description

Questions and answers of unnamed witness about visit of Starr boys to Samuel McDaniels; mentions Buffington, Kelly, and Vore (Military Road) murders of 1843. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1379

Dates: October 19, 1838 to April 29,1839

Receipt Roll of Daniel Colston Detachment, October 1, 1838 to January 21, 1839

 Item — Folder 509: [Barcode: 187.509]
Identifier: 4026.711
Description

Receipt roll of Daniel Colston detachment.Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 509

Dates: October 1, 1838 to January 21, 1839

Receipt rolls of Wofford detachment, October 19, 1838 to April 29, 1838

 Item — Folder 539: [Barcode: 187.539]
Identifier: 4026.3037-.1
Description

Two sheets of receipt rolls appear to relate to Wofford detachment. Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 539

Dates: October 19, 1838 to April 29, 1838

Receipted Invoice of Jason Holbrook, January 16, 1839

 Item — Folder 502: [Barcode: 187.502]
Identifier: 4026.713
Description

Receipted invoice of Jason Holbrook, Saint Louis for $459.30 of shoes bought by W. A. Lenoir for Ross (See Jan. 10, 1839). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 502

Dates: January 16, 1839

Receipted Payroll Sheet for Hair Conrad Detachment, August 30, 1838 to December 22, 1838

 Item — Folder 496: [Barcode: 187.496]
Identifier: 4026.3031
Description

Receipted payroll sheet [duplicate] for Hair Conrad detachment, apparently $5 per day per team - 80 days. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 496

Dates: August 30, 1838 to December 22, 1838

Removal Account Books and Receipt Rolls , September 29, 1838

 Item — Folder 912: [Barcode: 187.912]
Identifier: 4026.708-.44
Description Removal Account Books and Receipt Rolls showing for Dec. 18, 1843 [see Ross to each Conductor, National Physician, Teamster, Council] Interpreter, etc. the (1) the total amount earned, (2) amounts paid in 1838-1839 from funds requisitioned (1st payment), and (3) amounts paid in years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844 from funds received in Aug. and Sept. 1841 [see Moulton 1978-101-104] Each folder contains a pencil notation "see file-original accounts of Indian Conductors with Lewis Ross" [Moulton]...
Dates: September 29, 1838

Removal Account Books and Receipt Rolls , January 19, 1844

 Item — Folder 913: [Barcode: 187.913]
Identifier: 4026.3179.1-17
Description

James Brown detachment Daniel Colston detachment Richard Taylor detachment Jesse Bushyhead detachment. Folder 913.

Dates: January 19, 1844