John Ross letter, biography, and publication
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter, dated 24 July 1830, and addressed to Daniel Webster, the American politician in Boston, Massachusetts. Ross writes for support in the battle of the Cherokees in the courts of the United States. Also included is a carbon copy of a typewritten biography of Ross. With the collection is a printed excerpt form the United States congressional record, "Memorial of John Ross and Others: Delegates from the Cherokee Indians complaining of injuries done them and praying for redress, May 20, 1834." This item includes printed correspondence relating to the Cherokee appeals.
Dates
- Creation: 1830-1834
Creator
- Ross, John, 1790-1866 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Letter, biography, and publication must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Cherokee Chief.
Extent
2 item ((3 pages) + 1 pamphlet (31 pages).)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Subject
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 (Person)
- Title
- Register of Letter, biography, and publication
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 October 17
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States