JOHN ROSS Autograph Document Signed JnRoss as Principal Chie

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JOHN ROSS. Autograph Document Signed, "JnRoss," as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, ordering his brother National Treasurer Lewis Ross to pay $11.07 to John W. Stapler "out of the School fund for supplies furnished the Female Semi'ry . . . in the hands of H.D. Reese Steward, and for Requisition of Wm.P. Ross Cl'k of the Board of Directors & this shall be your warrant for the same." 1 page, oblong small 4to, pale blue ruled paper; faint bleedthrough from receipt signature on verso, folds. "Executive Department," 6 March 1857

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The Cherokee Female Seminary was opened by the tribal council in 1851 near Park Hill, OK. Although the seminary did not provide instruction in the Cherokee language or culture, and the original instructors were mostly of European descent, in time, the teachers and staff of this and similar schools became dominated by educated Cherokees. In 1887, the building housing the seminary was destroyed by fire.

From the Collection of William Wheeler III.