Mississippi River
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter to Joel Roberts Poinsett, June 15, 1838
Letter from Delegation, Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter, signers, to Joel Roberts Poinsett, Secretary of War, Regarding his letter of May 18, asking what modifications the President is willing to grant under new law, and asking for a change in the persons adjusting claims. (Moulton) Folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 357
Letter from Chief John Ross to Thomas N. Clark, January 22, 1839
Draft copy of letter from Ross, Smith's Ferry on the Mississippi. Authorizing Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to take over Chuwalookee detachment. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 511
Letter from Clark to Chief John Ross, December 28, 1838
Letter from Clark (See December 17) to Chief John Ross. Urging him to meet six detachments stalled by ice on Mississippi River. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 497
Letter from James Lang to Chief John Ross, June 10, 1832
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
Letter from John H. Sherburne to Chief John Ross, September 21, 1842
Letter from John H. Sherburne, Philadelphia, to Ross, Washington. Asking him to review a "Plan for conciliating and civilizing the tribes west of the River Mississippi." Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 879
Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, April 3, 1832
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
Letter from Robert H. Hynds to General John Cocke, January 5, 1843
Letter from Robert H. Hynds in Dandridge, Georgia, to General John Cocke, recollecting his journey to the Cherokee Nation in 1827. He went to negotiate a treaty for the cession of lands east of the Mississippi. Folder 28
Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross, December 17, 1838
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
Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross, June 4, 1830
Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross regarding legal questions. (Resembles Moulton Vol. I, pp. 109-190). Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on seven pages. Both sheets of paper are the same dimensions. Folder 34
Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross, August 9, 1830
Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross regarding the Cherokee Case. (Resembles Moulton Vol. I, p. 196). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 41