John Ross Correspondence and Memorial

Collection

Identifier: MS R73

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Scope and Content Note

Copies of 32 ALSs correspondence created or received by John Ross and others, May 3 to November 2, 1839, pertaining to political affairs in the Cherokee Nation, 1838-1840, especially as regards relations between the Western ("Old Settler") and the Eastern ("Emigrant") Cherokees, relations between both groups and the government of the United States, the Takatokah and Tahlequah Councils, and the murder of Elias Boudinot and the John Ridges (1770?-1843, 1803-1839). Other correspondents include Matthew Arbuckle, George Guess, John Rogers, Montford Stokes, Cephas Washburn, and Samuel Austin Worcester.

Also included is photoduplicate of printed document (117p. on 59L Xerox) in which 28 of the 32 letters have been published: U. S. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs. ...Memorial of the delegation of the Cherokee Nation. March 9, 1840. Presented by Mr. Corwin, and referred to the Committee...[Washington] Blair & Rives, printers, 1840.

Dates

1839-1840

Creator

Ross, John, 1790-1866 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Extent

0.02 Linear Feet (2 folders)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Arranged chronologically. Number appearing at the end of entries 1, 3-23, 25, 27-29, 31-32 indicates respective page of printed document, item no. 33, on which letter is published.

Acquisition Information

Copied from original letters in John Ross Papers, Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and donated by Kenneth L. Campbell, Fayetteville, Arkansas, August and December, 1972.