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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters [manuscript]: 1821-[ca. 1835] |
| Author | Ridge, John (1803-1839) |
| Date | View date in the chronology |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Description | From the Newberry Library Catalogue: Two letters from John Ridge to President Monroe (Mar. 21, 1821) and to Georgia congressman George R. Gilmer (ca. 1835), regarding the status of the Cherokee Indians and their relations with the U.S. government. The 1821 letter was written at the behest of Herman Daggett, the principal of the Foreign Mission School where Ridge was a student and was carried to Washington by Jedediah Morse. In it Ridge mentions that Jedediah Morse was about to deliver his report on the condition of the Indians to Washington, remarks on the poor condition of the Cherokees who had moved to the West compared with those who had remained in the East, and comments on his own poor health. The second undated (ca. 1835) letter concerns an amendment substituting "agent" for "delegate" in Gilmer’s Congressional bill. Ridge emphasizes that both the western Cherokees and the eastern Cherokees who desired to emigrate would never accept anything but provision for representation in Congress. He also comments on the "mountains of prejudice entertained against us by the Anglo Americans". |
| Names | Monroe, James (1758-1831); Gilmer, George Rockingham (1790-1859); Morse, Jedidiah (1761-1826); Daggett, Herman (1766-1832) |
| Places | Cornwall, Connecticut, Arkansas, United States |
| Keywords | government, government relations, agent, bill, law, dispossession of Indians, relocation, Congress of the United States, health |
| Theme | American Indians and the US Government |
| Tribe / Nation | Go to Tribes and Nations page |
| Culture Area | Northeast, Southeast |
| Additional Information | John Ridge was a Cherokee Treaty Party leader and proponent of Cherokee emigration to the West. |
| Library | The Newberry Library |
| Copyright | The Newberry Library |
| Collection | The Edward E. Ayer Collection |
| Reference | VAULT box Ayer MS 761 |
| Catalogue Link | The Newberry Library Catalogue |