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Ferry bond of Lewis Ross, 1820 May 1, Rhea County, [Tennessee]

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Title: Ferry bond of Lewis Ross, 1820 May 1, Rhea County, [Tennessee]
Date: 1820 May 1
Description: This document is a legal agreement between the chairman of the court of pleas in Rhea County, Tennessee and Lewis Ross, Thomas Kelly, and Miller Frances relative to Ross's operating a ferry on the Hiwassee River, dated May 1, 1820.

Document ID: pa0223.

Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, 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. | Ferries | License agreements | Rhea County (Tenn.)
Contributors: Hoskins Library | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries
Online Publisher: Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001
Original Material: Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 1, document 96.
Rights and Usage: This work is the property of the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 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], MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia

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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