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Collection: John Ross Papers

1424 Items

June 22, 1839 | ink on paper

Letter from Chief John Ross to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle

July 9, 1839 | ink on paper

Draft Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Superintendent William Armstrong

July 20, 1839 | ink on paper

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross

August 6, 1839 | ink on paper, wax

Letter from convention signed by Chief John Ross to John Brown

September 4, 1839 | ink on paper

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross

September 24, 1839 | ink on paper

Act to Exempt Certain Property from Sale for Settlement of Debt

October 7, 1839 | ink on paper

Act Relative to Reasons Distributing Cherokees or Whites Assembled for Divine Worship

December 31, 1839 | ink on paper

Letter from Chief John Ross to Joel Roberts Poinsett

January 23, 1840 | ink on paper

Draft of Letter from Chief John Ross to Elijah Parker

April 20, 1840 | ink on paper

Document Submitted by Cherokee Delegation to House Committee on Indian Affairs to Support Memorial Presented on February 28, 1840.

June 19, 1840 | ink on paper

Letter from Commissioner Thomas Huntley Crawford to M. St. Clair Clarke

August 14, 1840 | ink on paper

Copy of Letter from Commissioner Thomas Hartley Crawford to M. St. Clair Clarke

1797 - 1897 | ink on paper

Testimony of Thomas Hindman Regarding Ridge-Boudinot Murders

August 10, 1841 | ink on paper

Letter from Mary B. Stapler to Chief John Ross

November 12, 1841 | ink on paper

Copy of Instructions from Chief John Ross to Delegation Attending Intertribal Counsel

March 5, 12, 1842 | ink on paper

Claim - Improvements Abandoned in East and Property Abandoned Above Little Rock on the Way West

March 21, 1842 | ink on paper

Receipt by William Shorey Coodey

April 7, 1842 | ink on paper

Spoliation Claim

April 18, 1842 | ink on paper

Spoliation Claim

May 25, 1842 | ink on paper

Letter from John G. Ross to Chief John Ross