Fort Smith
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Act of National Council Moving Public School from Fort Smith Bottom to Lee's Creek, October 15, 1861
Act of National Council (signed by J. M. Benge and Joshua Ross, President and Clerk of National Committee, and by Spring Frog and Thomas B. Wolfe, Speaker and Clerk of National Council, and also by Chief John Ross) moving public school from Fort Smith Bottoms to Lee's Creek. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1132
C. T. Wells’ account of a trip from Mulberry, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879
C. T. Wells' account of a 15-day, 375-mile trip from Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, which lasted from November 7 to 22, 1878. It also contains his comments on Sun City, Kansas from June 1879. It is addressed to "[t]o [his] friend Sallie." Folder 1
Contract between E. B. Alexander and John Drew for corn and oats, September 27, 1844
Contract between Captain E. B. Alexander and John Drew, where John Drew agreed to furnish 5,000 bushels of corn and 1,000 bushels of oats by February 1, 1845. John Drew was to deliver the corn and oats to Fort Gibson and be compensated $0.55 for each bushel of corn and $0.45 for each bushel of oats. Folder 77
Copy of Letter from Brigadier General Ben McCulloch to Chief John Ross, June 12, 1861
Copy of letter from Brigadier General Ben McCulloch to Chief John Ross respecting neutrality (with right of Southern sympathizers to organize home guards), and stating he will meet a Northern invasion of Cherokee Territory 'if I deem it advisable. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1108
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"
Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard, June 17, 1861
Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard stating position of Cherokee Nation in Civil War. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. (Moulton). Folder 1109
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"
Copy of Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady to Chief John Ross, May 15, 1861
Copy of letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady at Fort Smith to Chief John Ross introducing John Luce, bearer of letter of May 15, 1861. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1100
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, " A Copy.!"
Copy of Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Owen A. Bassett to Colonel William Gallahen, May 30, 1864
Copy of letter from Lieutenant Colonel Owen A. Bassett at Fort Smith to Colonel William Gallahen authorizing Martha Vann to take charge of her stock. General Blunt's Order Number 7 to be complied with. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1226
Copy of Letter from Superintendent C. W. Dean to George Butler, September 3, 1856
Copy of letter from C. W. Dean, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Fort Smith, to George Butler, Cherokee Agent. Regarding extradition rights under Treaty of 1846. (Ross requested extradition of certain Cherokees from Arkansas in his letter of Aug. 16 - see Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1032
Inscription(s)
Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"
Copy of Letter of Introduction of J. T. Clark, April 27, 1895
Copy of letter of introduction of J. T. Clark by Robt. B. Ross, Tahlequah to Col. Wm. H. Clayton, Fort Smith. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1343
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Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"
Draft copy (fragment) of Chief John Ross to J. B. Jones letter, December 16, 1865
Draft copy (fragment) of Chief John Ross in Philadelphia to J. B. Jones letter. (See December 15, 1865) (Moulton). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1294