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Collection: John Ross Papers

1424 Items

June 17, 1840 | ink on paper

Letter from Nephew Daniel H. Ross to Chief John Ross

August 10, 1840 | ink on paper

Letter from Thomas Hartley Crawford to M. St. Clair Clark

December 30, 1840 | ink on paper

Letter from W. S. Adair to Chief John Ross

September 7, 1841 | ink on paper, wax

Letter from Thomas J. Hindman to Chief John Ross

1797 - 1897 | ink on paper

Letter dealing with "Settlement by Emigrating Agents with the Cherokee Nation"

March 16, 1842 | ink on paper

Spoliation Claim

March 25, 1842 | ink on paper

Spoliation Claim

April 12, 1842 | ink on paper

Spoliation Claim

April 25, 1842 | ink on paper

Spoliation Claim

1797 - 1897 | ink on paper

List of 369 Numbered Claims for Spoliation, Valuation, Reservation, and False Improvements

September 30, 1843 | ink on paper

Letter from Thomas L. Rogers to Chief John Ross

April 26, 1844 | ink on paper, wax

Letter from Lewis J. Gist to Chief John Ross

September 20, 1844 | ink on paper

Letter from Edward H. Fuller to Chief John Ross

March 18, 27, 1845 | ink on paper

Depositions of Charles Root

April 2, 1848 | ink on paper

Letter from Elijah Hicks to Chief John Ross

December 1, 1851 | ink on paper

Report of Committee for Removal of the Cherokee People

1797 - 1897 | ink on paper

National Council Resolution

November 7, 1857 | ink on paper

Report by I. L. Thompson to National Committee

November 3,4,11, 1859 | ink on paper

Instructions to Delegation to Negotiate with the United States.

January 5, 1861 | ink on paper

Act of Chickasaw Legislature (2 copies) Authorizing Governor to Appoint Commissioners to Meet with Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole Commissioners