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Secretary of War

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

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from David Vann to Chief John Ross, March 29, 1837

 Item — Folder 218A: [Barcode: 187.218A]
Identifier: 4026.1977-.1
Description

Letter from David Vann in Washington City to Chief John Ross in Princeton New Jersey regarding report Secretary of War will ask Chief John Ross to go to Florida. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 218A

Dates: March 29, 1837

Letter from James Barbour to Creek Nation, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 18A: [Barcode: 187.18A]
Identifier: 4026.3045
Description

Article between James Barbour, Secretary of War, and the Creek Nation declaring the Creek Treaty of Indian Springs null and void (in fragment of letter discussing the same). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 18A

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, June 10, 1832

 Item — Folder 72: [Barcode: 187.72]
Identifier: 4026.108
Description

Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, Chiefs, and Headmen about their move to the lands west of the Mississippi. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 72

Dates: June 10, 1832

Letter from Joel Roberts Poinsett to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, December 17, 1838

 Item — Folder 495: [Barcode: 187.495]
Identifier: 4026.700-.1
Description

Letter from Joel Roberts Poinsett, Secretary of War, to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, Fort Gibson. Requesting him, with aid of chiefs, to return to Alabama two slaves claimed by General Isaac Wellburn. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 495

Dates: December 17, 1838

Letter from John H. Sherburne, Special Agent, to Chief John Ross, October 7, 1837

 Item — Folder 250A: [Barcode: 187.250A]
Identifier: 4026.472-.1
Description

Letter from John H Sherburne in Augusta, Georgia to Chief John Ross regarding Seminole trip. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 250A

Dates: October 7, 1837

Letter from John Martin, National Treasurer, to Secretary of War, September 29, 1836

 Item — Folder 199: [Barcode: 187.199]
Identifier: 4026.418
Description

Letter from John Martin, National Treasurer, to Secretary of War. Instructing him to pay $16,418.17 of annuities to the delegation named: Chief John Ross, Richard Taylor, Samuel Gunter, George Sanders, James Brown, John Benge, and Stephen Foreman. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 199

Dates: September 29, 1836

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832

 Item — Folder 70: [Barcode: 187.70]
Identifier: 4026.106-.3
Description

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross about support for Elias Boudinot's trip. Is happy about decision in Worchester v. Georgia, and reports on the Secretary of War Lewis Cass who wants a removal treaty. Also says he has given a letter of introduction to Chief John Ross for John Dunlap from Scotland. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 241-42 resembles this letter). Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 70

Dates: April 3, 1832

Letter from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross, January 3, 1840

 Item — Folder 686: [Barcode: 187.686]
Identifier: 4026.876
Description

Letter from Lewis Ross, Philadelphia, to Chief John Ross. Concerning whether Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett granted an interview (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 686

Dates: January 3, 1840

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke to Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett, July 13, 1840

 Item — Folder 733: [Barcode: 187.733]
Identifier: 3826.7557
Description

Letter from M. St. Clair Clarke, Attorney, to Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett. Requesting copies of Cherokee claim documents and papers filed by Lumpkin. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 733



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: July 13, 1840

Letter from Major General John Wool to Jefferson Davis, May 20, 1853

 Item — Folder 1016: [Barcode: 187.1016]
Identifier: 4026.1191
Description

Copy of letter from Major General John Wool, Troy, New York, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. Concerning arms seized. (May 7, 1853). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1016



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: May 20, 1853