- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter], 1857 Nov. 18, Executive Department, Tahlequah [to] Colo[nel] George Butler, U[nited] S[tates] Agent / 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 ch031.
- Date of Original:
- 1857-11-18
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
Cherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- (Copy ?) of a letter dated November 18, 1857 from John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, to Colonel George Butler calling on Butler to remove intruders from the "Neutral Land" per an act of the National Council. A copy of the act, originally enclosed, is no longer attached. A note on the back indicates that this letter is a copy, but Ross's signature appears to be in his own hand.
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:
- ch031
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch031
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch031#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch031/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]
Executive Department Tahlequah
Nov. 18th. 1857
Colo. [Colonel] George Butler U.S. Agent
Sir,,
In compliance with the requirements of the enclosed Copy of an Act of the National Council; [deleted text: It has ] [added text: you will perceive that it has ] become my duty again, "to call upon you, as, the Agent of the United States, for the immediate removal of the intruders upon the Neutral Lands"
I am Sir, Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] John Ross Prinl. [Principal] Chief
Page: [2]
Copy of a Note to Colo. Geo. [Colonel George] Butler U.S. Agent respecting [added text: the ] intruders upon the Neutral Land --
18th Nov. 1857