Collections Only

Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
  1. Collections Home
  2. The Archive/Library Collection

Letter from A. Yell to Chief John Ross

Download Add Order Contact

Scope and Content Notes

Letter from A. Yell, Fayetteville, to Chief John Ross. Report "recent outrages" by Cherokees against whites and his request to General Arbuckle to arrest offenders and patrol border to halt liquor traffic. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 531

Archival Location

You may be interested in...

©Gilcrease Museum
Title(s): 
Letter from A. Yell to Chief John Ross
Creator(s): 
A. Yell (Author)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
April 13, 1839
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper, wax
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Letter
Accession No: 
4026.726-.1
Previous Number(s): 
55816
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Ross Papers
Not On View

Our Online Collections site is a work in progress. If you have information about this item that may be of assistance, please contact us.