Chief John Ross correspondence, 1830
Item
- Title
- Chief John Ross correspondence, 1830
- Date Created
- 20 December 1830
- Creator
- Ross, John
- Description
- Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees from 1828 to 1866, protested the removal of the Cherokee through legal action. This letter is to the Georgia Attorney General George Crawford, advising him of Ross's efforts to stop Georgia from enacting or enforcing laws in the Cherokee Nation.
- Extent
- 1 letter
- Collection
- Chief John Ross correspondence (Acc. 389)
- Provenance
- Robert Bruce Ross, John's grandson, gave this letter in 1930 to Mrs. Winona Campbell of the Chief John Ross Chapter of the D. A. R. The Chapter gave the letter to the Chief John Ross Association which oversees the Ross House in Georgia. Larry Rose of the Association donated it to the library in 2008.
- Subject
- Ross, John, 1790-1866
- Cherokee Indians- Correspondence
- Cherokee Indians -- Government relations
- Crawford, George, 1798-1872
- Rights
- No Known Copyright
- Citation
- Chief John Ross correspondence (Acc. 389). Chattanooga Public Library.
- Identifier
- acc 389
- Type
- Text
- Item sets
- Chief John Ross correspondence, 1830
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