I am instructed by the President of the United States, through the War Department, to make known to Mr. John Ross ...

Author/Creator:: Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
Publication/Creation:: [Fort Cass, Tenn.?] : [publisher not identified], [1836]
Format:: Book

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Full Title:: I am instructed by the President of the United States, through the War Department, to make known to Mr. John Ross ...

Variant Titles:: At head of title: Head Quarters, Army E. T. & C. N. Fort Cass, November 3d, 1836
General order, no. 74

Genre:: Southern imprint
Subjects:: Cherokee (North American people)--Treaties
Cherokee (North American people)--Relocation
Southern States--History--1775-1865

Summary:: This document is a general order from Brigadier General John E. Wool, at army headquarters at Fort Cass, (Tennessee), dated November 3, 1836. The order contains directions from the President respecting the implementation of the Treaty of New Echota (signed 1835, ratified 1836), which provided for the removal of the Cherokee Indians to a territory west of the Mississippi River. Wool indicates that soldiers stationed in the Cherokee Nation are to prohibit any meetings of the Cherokee people for the purpose of opposing the removal treaty. In addition, it is stated that no delegation from the Cherokee Nation interested in renegotiating the terms of the treaty will be acknowledged.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 26 x 20 cm
General Note:: Title from first 2 lines of text.
Signed in ms. at end: John E Wool, Brig. Genl, Comdg.