Letter, 1828 June 20, Head of Coosa [to] Colo[nel] H[ugh] Montgomery / Jno [i.e., John] Ross Ross, John, 1790-1866 Cherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. Cherokee Indians--Claims 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. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Tennessee State Library and Archives University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries 2000 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:ch023 3 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 23, document ch023. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1828-06-20 Tennessee 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