Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]

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Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.

GLC#
GLC01233
Type
Header Record
Date
1838-1866
Title
Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
American Indian History
Diplomacy
Treaty
President
Trail of Tears

Showing 6 of 6 records

GLC01233.01
Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

Reply to Caleb Smith re: meeting with John Ross (Chief of Cherokee)

1862/09/11

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Endorsement on blank leaf of Caleb Smith's letter. Smith's letter was written on Interior Department Stationery, agreeing to meet with Cherokee chief Ross.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers...

GLC01233.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Abraham Lincoln

September 16, 1862

Ross, John, 1790-1866

One letter addressed to Abraham Lincoln from John Ross dated September 16, 1862. Pertains to a visit with the Cherokee Nation. Mentions how they would like to establish a relationship with the United States.

GLC01233.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to John Ross

September 25, 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Protection of the Cherokee Indians against the Confederacy. Ross was the first and only elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation from the time it was formed until his death in 1866. He led the Eastern Cherokee in the "Trail of Tears" west of the...

GLC01233.03
Collection Item
Letter signed

to John Ross

January 1, 1866

Dole, William P., 1818-1889

Signed as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Letter mentions Ross' meeting with Lincoln and the Cherokee Treaty.

GLC01233.04
Collection Item
Manuscript signed

Treaty between the US and Cherokee Nation

1846/08/06

United States. Treaties, etc.

Signed by John Ross and Stand Watie, both great Cherokee chiefs.

GLC01233.05
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to unknown

June 22, 1839

Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878

Letter written to unidentified general. Undated but probably June 22 1839 (or a few days later) when Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge and John Ridge were assassinated for supporting the Treaty of Echota, which relocated the Cherokee. Stand Watie...

GLC01233.06