- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter in Cherokee [with] translation, 1838 Jan. 5, to John Ross, Washington / George Lowrey
- Creator:
- Lowrey, George
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 12, document ch004.
- Date of Original:
- 1838-01-05
- Subject:
- Cherokee Nation
Trail of Tears, 1838 - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter written in the Cherokee syllabary from George Lowrey, Assistant Principal Chief, to John Ross, Principal Chief, dated January 5, 1838. Lowrey reports to Ross, who is in Washington, D.C. with a Cherokee delegation, on the status of the Cherokee Nation. He informs Ross that the Cherokees have been given an ultimatum for removal and are threatened with violence if they do not cooperate and prepare to leave. Lowrey has attempted to stall the progress of their removal and desperately desires communication from Ross. A type written translation appears with this document.
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. - Local Identifier:
- ch004
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch004
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch004#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch004/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], State Library Cherokee Collection, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
