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August 25, 1838 | ink on paper

Letter from General Winfield Scott to Chief John Ross

October 2, 1838 | ink on paper

Copy of Requisition by Chief John Ross to General Winfield Scott for $264,960 to Cover Expenses of Four Detachments

April 13, 1839 | ink on paper, wax

Letter from A. Yell to Chief John Ross

June 28, 1839 | ink on paper

Letter from John Brown to Chief John Ross

August 7, 1839 | ink on paper

Draft Copy of a Letter Signed by Chief John Ross and Others

November 5, 1839 | ink on paper, wax

List of Expenses at Cherokee Agency East

February 23, 1840 | ink on paper

Copy of Letter from C. Runyan to Chief John Ross

July 19, 1841 | ink on paper

Letter from William Shorey Coodey to Chief John Ross

April 21, 1842 | ink on paper

Letter from Lorenzo De Lana to Chief John Ross

October 3, 1843 | ink on paper

Letter from Evan Jones to Chief John Ross

July 14,1844 | ink on paper

Letter from Mary B. Stapler to Chief John Ross

January 9, 1850 | ink on paper

Power of Attorney from Looney Price to William Potter Ross

November 17, 1858 | ink on paper

Letter from G. H. Cheney, Le Roy, III to Chief John Ross

May 15, 1861 | ink on paper

Copy of Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady to Chief John Ross

January 21, 1862 | ink on paper

Letter from Evan Jones to United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole

November 29, 1863 | ink on paper

Letter from F. W. Sumner to Chief John Ross

August 4, 1864 | ink on paper

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

October 31, 1865 | ink on paper

Certified Copy of Memorial or Cherokee Nation to President Andrew Johnson.

February 17, 1837 | ink on paper

Letter from John M. Ross to Chief John Ross

1825 | oil on wood

Big Elk, or Great Orator, Omawhaw Chief