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Mississippi River

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Places

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Chief John Ross and Edward Gunter to Joel Roberts Poinsett, June 15, 1838

 Item — Folder 357: [Barcode: 187.357]
Identifier: 4026.582-.1
Description

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

Dates: June 15, 1838

Letter from Chief John Ross to Thomas N. Clark, January 22, 1839

 Item — Folder 511: [Barcode: 187.511]
Identifier: 4026.716-.1
Description

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

Dates: January 22, 1839

Letter from Clark to Chief John Ross, December 28, 1838

 Item — Folder 497: [Barcode: 187.497]
Identifier: 4026.701
Description

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

Dates: December 28, 1838

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 John H. Sherburne to Chief John Ross, September 21, 1842

 Item — Folder 879: [Barcode: 187.879]
Identifier: 4026.1042-.1
Description

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

Dates: September 21, 1842

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 Robert H. Hynds to General John Cocke, January 5, 1843

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: 3826.1281
Description

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

Dates: January 5, 1843

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 William Wirt to Chief John Ross, June 4, 1830

 Item — Folder 34: [Barcode: 187.34]
Identifier: 4026.72.1-.3
Description

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

Dates: June 4, 1830

Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross, August 9, 1830

 Item — Folder 41: [Barcode: 187.41]
Identifier: 4026.78-.1
Description

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

Dates: August 9, 1830