- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1835 Jan. 14, Washington [to Thomas G.] Barron and [David] Irwin, Cassville, Cherokee Nation / Jno. [i.e., John] Ross
- Creator:
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. Principal Chief (1828-1866 : Ross)
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 1, folder 23, document ch030.
- Date of Original:
- 1835-01-14
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, to Thomas G. Barron and David Irwin, attorneys for the Nation, dated January 14, 1835. Ross informs them that a small sum will be forwarded to assure them of the Nation's intention to pay for legal services. In addition, he mentions recent acts passed by the state of Georgia, and upcoming judicial proceedings involving Cherokee plaintiffs.
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:
- ch030
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch030
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch030#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch030/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Washington City
Janry [January] 14th 1835
Messrs. [Messieurs] Barron & Irwin
Gentlemen,,
Under the appropriations made by the Genl. [General] Council at Red Clay last fall, for the Attos. [Attorneys] of the Nation; the Treasurer Mr. John Martin has been instructed to pay to your order the sum of Two hundred dollars. And in making the payment, I am [deleted text: assured ] [added text: authorized ] by the Council, to assure you that this sum, "is only an earnest of what the Nation will do for you, when its ability shall be increased" -- . The Delegation have submitted to the President thro' [through] the Secry [Secretary] of War, the late Act of Georgia; and will also present it before Congress, as soon as practicable. The Act of
1833 and the late Amendatory One are [added text: also ] before the Cherokee Council here, for legal advice -- the cases of Lynch's & [unclear text: Pipe ] 's are expected to come up before the Supreme Court, some time next month -- [unclear text: Mr ] Sergeant & Genl. [General] Walter Jones will appear for them.
In great haste, I am Gentlemen, Your Obt. Servt. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Jno [John] Ross
PS. Do, pray let me hear from you of passing events -- if you have nothing consoling to communicate, let [added text: the ] worst come; my mind is prepared to hear and bear any thing.
Page: [2]
[ Note: A postmark appears on the left of this page.; WASHINGTON
JAN 15 ]
No. 8
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Messrs. [Messieurs] Barron & Irwin Attos. [attorneys] at Law. Cassville, Cherokee Nation Georgia,