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Collection: John Ross Papers

1424 Items

April 21, 1842 | ink on paper

Letter from Lorenzo De Lana to Chief John Ross

June 19, 1842 | ink on paper

Letter from William Potter Ross to Chief John Ross

September 25, 1843 | ink on paper

Letter from William Shorey Coodey to Chief John Ross

January 9, 1844 | ink on paper

Act for Building of a Court House at Tahlequah

September 2, 1844 | ink on paper

Marriage Certificate of Chief John Ross and Mary B. Stapler

March 21, 1845 | ink on paper

Power of Attorney from Daniel A. Pardue

December 13, 1847 | ink on paper

Letter from Jas. McKisick to Chief John Ross

1797 - 1897 | ink on paper

Unsigned Resolution

July 7, 1853 | ink on paper

Letter from Elijah Hicks to Commissioner George H. Manypenny

October 7, 1857 | ink on paper

Notice from Lewis Ross to Chief John Ross

September 7, 1859 | ink on paper

Letter from Cherokee Agent George Butler to Chief John Ross

December 17, 1860 | ink on paper

Copy of Letter from C. C. Torrey to Chief John Ross

June 12, 1861 | ink on paper

Copy of Letter from Brigadier General Ben McCulloch to Chief John Ross

November 5, 1861 | paper

Act of National Council Appropriating Funds for Certain Teachers at Baptist Mission and Hickory Grove and Discontinuing the Latter School

January 8, 1863 | ink on paper

Letter from Huckleberry Downing to Chief John Ross

November 3, 1863 | ink on paper

Act of National Council Authorizing the Cherokee Regiment to Act as Indian Home Guard

May 27, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Martha Vann to Colonel William Gallahen

August 4, 1864 | ink on paper

Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Major General James Steele

1797 - 1897 | ink on paper

Unidentified Paragraph Regarding Composition of Stand Watie's Rebel Regiment

September 26, 1865 | ink on paper

Longhand text of Article from National Intelligencer citing Commissioners action barring Chief John Ross.