Letter from Lewis Ross to General N. Smith
Act of National Council to Accept Iroquois Petitions to Become Part of the Cherokee Nation
Petition of Letter from New Echota to Chief John Ross
Scope and Content Notes
Petition of letter from New Echota to Chief John Ross in Washington City citing abuses of Cherokee and asking 'that you give us some encouragement of your reconciliation to the fate (which has now become evident) of the Cherokees…'Let us do the only thing that reason will allow us to do, which is to get away speedily from this state of affairs.' Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 212
Archival Location
- Collection: Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers