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Letter from W. H. Hendricks in Fort Gibson, Indian Territory to the Cherokee Delegation in Washington

Letter from Henry C. Ross, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to Lewis, Ross referring to John A. Ross's expected return to Fort Gibson

Envelope addressed to Mr. Lewis Ross, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, via Fort Scott, Kansas

mid-20th century | pen and tempera paint on paper

Oklahoma Map

1867 | ink on paper

1867 Diary of Dwight Hitchcock of Cherokee Nation, I.T.

October 31, 1835 | ink on paper

Letter from S.A. Worcester, in Kowetah Mission, to "Rev. and Dear Sir"

October 17, 1891 | ink on paper

Grocery License for Hart, Vann & Co. in Fort Gibson, C.N.

April 1850 | ink and pencil on paper with leather

John Lowery Brown's account of his journey from Grand Saline, Indian Territory to California goldfields

October 17, 1891 | ink on paper

Tax receipt for Hart, Vann & Company, family grocery store in Fort Gibson, C.N.

May 7, 1906 | ink on paper

Letter to Mrs. Maggie Bryant on death of her father from Aunt Mollie Ross

May 7, 1906 | ink on paper

Envelope addressed to Mrs. Maggie Bryant in Locust Grove

July 22, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter written in Cherokee from Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation

August 22, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter written in Cherokee from Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation

August 18, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter written in Cherokee from Henry C. Ross at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation

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

August 26, 1865 | ink on paper

Letter to Henry Ross from Lewis Ross, written on board a Steamboat from St. Louis to Fort Gibson with Uncle John Ross

May 19, 1865 | ink on paper

Letter to Henry Ross from Lewis Ross, Philadelphia referring to finding Dan H. Ross, New York, and his supply of goods for the store at Fort Gibson

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