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February 23, 1897 | ink on paper

Tax receipt for the first quarter of 1896 - 1897 fiscal year to J. M. Bryan, Locust Grove, signed D. W. Lipe and Robert B. Ross

March 20, 1866 | ink on paper

Letter to Henry Ross from Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson discussing relatives, deaths and crops

January 26, 1866 | ink on paper

Letter to Henry Ross from Lewis Ross, Grand Saline, Cherokee Nation listing delegates in Washington and Neighbors

March 15, 1865 | ink on paper

Letter to Henry Ross from Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson referring to a pay-off of the troops in a few days and no bush-whackers near. The name 'Miss Emma A. Dale' is written on the reverse side of the letter

February 6, 1865 | ink on paper

Letter to Lewis Ross from Henry C. Ross, Nazareth Hall, discussing the snowy weather, health issues and an axe handle he made for Lewis

December 7, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter to Henry Ross, from Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, describing raids on Wagon Trains from or to Fort Scott

November 7, 1864 | ink on paper

Envelope addressed to Mr. Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, from Henry C. Ross, Moravian Boarding School at Nazareth Hall, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

September 14, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter to Henry Ross from Uncle John Ross, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with more information on conditions in the Cherokee Nation

September 9, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter written by Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson, to his son, Henry Ross, with mention of a Captain Tallallah, and review of conditions in the Cherokee Nation

July 22, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Lewis Ross at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation to Henry C. Ross at Nazareth Hall, Pennsylvania concerning Lewis' trip from Philadelphia to Leavenworth, Kansas.

April 19, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Lewis Ross to his son, Henry C. Ross who is in school, with personal greetings and five dollars enclosed.

April 6, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Henry C. Ross to his father, Lewis Ross regarding personal things. He does not want to return to the Cherokee Nation

May 8, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Henry C. Ross to his father, Lewis Ross regarding his concern for the Cherokee people in the Nation, being killed by the Rebels

March 29, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Lewis Ross in Washington D.C. to his son, Henry Ross in Pennsylvania

March 27, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Henry C. Ross, age 16, in Philadelphia to Lewis Ross in Washington D.C. regarding his school and plans to not return to the Nation

April 9, 1804 | ink on paper

Handwritten copy of document of National Council of the Cherokees

May 5, 1811 | ink on paper

A statement signed by six persons of the Indian Council

June 5, 1913 | ink on paper

Photostat of list of property transferred from Cherokee Capital in Tahlequah to Carnegie Library in Tahlequah

circa 1927 | ink on paper

Typescript essay entitled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden

December 10, 1827 | ink on paper

A letter from William Chamberlin to Reverend Dany