Miscellaneous business documents [1832-1882.] 1832-1882.

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Miscellaneous business documents [1832-1882.] 1832-1882.

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Copies of 39 original documents and correspondence concerning individuals, including the John Ridge estate.

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Northeastern State University, Tahlequah Campus, John Vaughan Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6824396

Northeastern State University, Tahlequah Campus, John Vaughan Library

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Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.

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Cherokee nation

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Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land. From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Natio...

Ridge, John, 1803-1839

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Cherokee Treaty Party leader and proponent of Cherokee emigration to the West. From the description of Letters, 1821-[ca. 1835]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 39654507 John Ridge, the son of Major Ridge attended the mission schools at Spring-place Georgia, and Brainerd Mission in Tennessee. Because of his unusual intelligence he was sent to the Foreign Mission School at Cornwall, Connecticut in 1819. He was very handsome and distinguished in appearance but suffered...