Letter, 1828 June 20, Head of Coosa [to] Colo[nel] H[ugh] Montgomery / Jno [i.e., John] Ross
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Text |
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| Creator: | Ross, John, 1790-1866 |
| Title: | Letter, 1828 June 20, Head of Coosa [to] Colo[nel] H[ugh] Montgomery / Jno [i.e., John] Ross |
| Date: | 1828 June 20 |
| Description: | This document is a letter from John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, to Colonel Hugh Montgomery, U.S. agent to the Cherokees, dated June 20, 1828. Ross writes regarding several legal cases related to reservations instituted at the court in Jasper, Tennessee. Ross comments on the particularly strong claims of Peggy Shorey and Eight Killer who were abused and dispossessed of their homes by white settlers. Document ID: ch023. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| Subjects: | Cherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. | Cherokee Indians--Claims | Tennessee |
| Contributors: | Tennessee State Library and Archives | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2000 |
| Original Material: | Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 23, document ch023. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], State Library Cherokee Collection, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:ch023 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Museum of the Cherokee Indian Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee State Museum Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) Hoskins Library LaFayette-Walker County Library |
| Collection Information: | Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 |