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Indian Removal

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

Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Peter Hildebrand to Chief John Ross, October 5, 1837

 Item — Folder 248: [Barcode: 187.248]
Identifier: 4026.471.1
Description

Letter from Peter Hildebrand in Columbus, Tennessee to Chief John Ross reporting removals and enrollments for West, a new plan for valuing improvements, and providing text of agent's notification to Joseph Green ordering him not to sell improvements to a white man. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 248

Dates: October 5, 1837

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 Suntadegi to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1834

 Item — Folder 93: [Barcode: 187.93]
Identifier: 4026.136
Description

Letter from Suntadegi to Chief John Ross, R. Taylor, Daniel McCoy, John Timson, and Hair Conrad; Cherokee Delegation. Describing forced enrollment, and seizure of his lands by a white man. Attested by Evan Jones regarding McCrory. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 93

Dates: April 3, 1834

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross, November 15, 1838

 Item — Folder 493: [Barcode: 187.493]
Identifier: 4026.698.a
Description

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr., Tennessee Merchant, to Ross. Reporting purchase of carriage, baggage hack, and horses for Ross but recommending boat travel because detachments with rain will put roads in "shocking order"; also comments on "vultures of Indian money." (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 493

Dates: November 15, 1838

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross, December 17, 1838

 Item — Folder 494: [Barcode: 187.494]
Identifier: 4026.699
Description

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr., to Ross, Paducah, Ky. Asking him to meet Clark and Lewis Ross at the Mississippi River - crossing Missouri in winter may be a problem. (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 494

Dates: December 17, 1838

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross, January 10, 1839

 Item — Folder 500: [Barcode: 187.500]
Identifier: 4026.712-.1
Description

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr., Jonesboro, Ill. (with Chuwalookee, detachment to Ross, Jonesboro, Ill. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 500

Dates: January 10, 1839

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross, March, 3 1839

 Item — Folder 520: [Barcode: 187.520]
Identifier: 4026.720.a
Description

Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr., Camp at Thompsons, to Ross. Regarding disposition of detachment property. (Moulton) Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 520

Dates: March, 3 1839

Letter from W. D. Boudinot and Alex Foreman to Chief John Ross, November 13, 1858

 Item — Folder 1048: [Barcode: 187.1048]
Identifier: 4026.1220
Description

Letter from W. D. Boudinot and Alex Foreman to Chief John Ross. A committee named by National Committee to examine Chief John Ross December 1, 1851 statement, asking if committee of removal received compensation for their services. (Moulton) One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1048

Dates: November 13, 1858

Letter Signed by George Blair, Situagi, Sweetwater, and Peter to Chief John Ross, Taylor, McCoy, Timson, and Hair Conrad, April 10, 1834

 Item — Folder 107: [Barcode: 187.107]
Identifier: 4026.143
Description

Letter signed by George Blair, Situagi, Sweetwater, and Peter of Aquohee District to Chief John Ross, Taylor, McCoy, Timson, and Hair Conrad in Washington City as a delegation. Enclosing certifications and commenting on Cherokees "deceived by the mixed blood emigrants" and enrolling for removal. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 107

Dates: April 10, 1834