Documents in relation to the validity of the Cherokee treaty of 1835: Letters and other papers relating to Cherokee affairs : being a reply to sundry publications authorized by John Ross

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Documents in relation to the validity of the Cherokee treaty of 1835
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Creator Boudinot, Elias, -1839
Former owner Eisenberg, Pablo
Issuing body United States. Congress. (25th, 2nd session : 1837-1838). Senate
Publisher Blair & Rives
Title Documents in relation to the validity of the Cherokee treaty of 1835: Letters and other papers relating to Cherokee affairs : being a reply to sundry publications authorized by John Ross
Variant Title Validity of the Cherokee treaty of 1835
Date Issued 1838
Abstract This publication, presented before the United States Senate in 1838, is a set of letters and articles related to the Treaty of New Echota (1835), narrated by Elias Boudinot, the original editor of the Cherokee Phoenix. In resigning his post as editor of the Phoenix, Boudinot sets forth the basis for conflict between rival factions of Cherokee leadership -- the Treaty Party or Ridge Party and the Anti-Treaty Party or Ross Party. Boudinot, a member of the pro-treaty group, utilizes various documents to explain the motives of the removal treaty signers, and in so doing, he criticizes Principal Chief John Ross for misleading the Cherokee people by fostering their hopes in a lost cause. Boudinot includes letters and addresses by Ross and himself relative to strife amongst the parties and a failed attempt at resolution as well as correspondence between himself and the Chief.
Physical Description 43 pages ; 23 cm
Languages English
Place of Publication Washington (D.C.)
Genre Government publication
Subject Indians of North America – Government relations
Subject Cherokee Indians – Government relations
Subject Cherokee Indians – Treaties
Part of Younghee Kim-Wait (Class of 1982)/Pablo Eisenberg Collection of Native American Literature
Catalog Record View this item in the library catalog
Repository Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location E99.C5 B7 1838
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