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1. Message of William P. Ross from the Laws of the Cherokee Nation, October 19, 1866. Regarding the election of W.P. Ross to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Ross.
2. Message of W. P. Ross to the Cherokee Council from The Life and Times of William P. Ross. Regarding Oct. 19, 1866, the same address as above.
3. Memorial signed by Ross and other chiefs, from the Cherokee Advocate, June 18, 1870. Regarding public renewal to treaties with the U.S.
4. Letter of E. Hoag to Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, April 1, 1871. Regarding invitation to bring the tribe to a meeting of many nations.
5. Editorial on speech of Ross, from the Cherokee Advocate, March 2, 1872.
6. Editorial on Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, May 4, 1872. Regarding experiences of Ross and the U.S. Deputy Marshals and their relationship to the Cherokee.
7. Editorial on Ross and Downing from the Cherokee Advocate, August 23, 1873. Regarding recent elections.
8. Editorial on W.P. Ross and Downing from the Cherokee Advocate, Oct. 11, 1873. Regarding two parties in Cherokee politics: the Ross Party and the Downing Party.
9. Ross to the National Council, Nov. 22, 1873. Regarding guardianship of an orphan.
10. Ross to the National Council, Nov. 28, 1873. Regarding instructing the delegation to Washington.
11. Acts approved by Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, January 17, 1874.
12. Proclamation approved by Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, Jan. 17, 1874. Regarding provision of one clerk in each district.
13. An act approved by Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, Jan. 24, 1874. Regarding Cherokee citizenship and prohibiting the carrying of weapons.
14. Speech of Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, Feb. 21, 1874. Regarding the trip to Washington and the efforts to organize the Territory of Oklahoma.
15. Acts approved by Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, Feb. 14, 1874. Regarding creation of a fiscal year for financial matters.
16. The Parker Bill introduced from the Cherokee Advocate, March 7, 1874. Regarding the organization of the Territory of Oklahoma.
17. Memorial of Cherokee Delegation on Protest, from the Cherokee Advocate, March 28, 1874. Regarding removal of Cherokee east of Mississippi to Indian Territory.
18. Letter of Gould and Jones to Editor of The Sun, from the Cherokee Advocate, April 4, 1874. Regarding the Treaty of 1866.
19. Letter of Native to Editor from the Cherokee Advocate, June 6, 1874. Regarding the controversy over Indian education.
20. Editorial on Female High School, from the Cherokee Advocate, July 11, 1874. Regarding open house of the school to show how well the children are doing.
21. Speech of Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, Oct. 17, 1874. Regarding topics of general interest to the people of the Cherokee Nation.
22. Ross to the National Council, November 4, 1874. Regarding return without approval of bill to give aid to those who lost money in the removal of 1839.
23. Message from Ross to National Council, November 9, 1874. Regarding lands in Indian Territory to be purchased.
24. Ross to National Council, November 20, 1874. Regarding a petition on stock driven through Indian lands.
25. Thanksgiving Proclamation, from the Cherokee Advocate, November 14, 1874.
26. Ross to National Council, November 18, 1874. Regarding improvements on “Shaw Place.” (See Box 2, folders 12-15).
27. Editorial on John Ross, Sequoyah, from the Cherokee Advocate, November 14, 1874. Regarding busts prepared of Sequoyah and John Ross.
28. Council proceedings from the Cherokee Advocate, November 14, 1874. Regarding Cherokee citizenship and other issues.
29. Editorial on Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, January 16, 1875. Regarding lawlessness by the Governor to prevent a Territory government.
BOX 2
Folder
1. Acts approved by Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, January 16, 1875. Regarding seven new acts for the Cherokee Nation on permit laws, etc.
2. Acts approved by Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, January 30, 1875. Regarding citizenship, education, etc.
3. Ross to the National Council, November 1, 1875. Regarding refusal to sign an act authorizing appointment of a special deputy.
4. Appointment of Ross to Senate from the Vindicator, Feb. 2, 1876. Regarding name of Ross sent to U.S. Congress for confirmation as U.S. Indian Agent for Five Civilized Tribes.
5. Criticism of Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, March 1, 1876 for the appointment of Ross as the Indian agent.
6. Nomination of Ross withdrawn by the Cherokee Advocate, March 11, 1876. Regarding the name of Ross withdrawn by the president because he is an Indian citizen.
7. Editorial on proclamation of Ross from the Cherokee Advocate, May 6, 1876. Regarding objection to the work because of irregularities in the promulgating of the rule.
8. Letter of Ross to Boudinot from the Cherokee Advocate, Feb. 3, 1877. Regarding the bill to organize Oklahoma Territory.
9. Address of Cherokees by Ross from the Indian Journal, May 17, 1877. Regarding Cherokee education.
10. News item of W. P. Ross from the Star Vindicator, Oct. 20, 1877. Regarding the faction of Indians in favor of the territorial government.
11. The Cherokee Council by the Star Vindicator, Dec. 1, 1877. Regarding their lack of legislative progress.
12. Ross to Rev. Jones, July 10, 1874. Regarding appraisal of improvements for Commission. (See Box 1, Folder 26)
13. Smith to Department of Interior, Sept. 12, 1874. Regarding same as above.
14. Smith to Department of Interior, Sept. 12, 1874. Regarding same as above.
15. Jones to Ross from Sept. 24, 1874. Regarding the improvements made on the “Shaw Place.”
16. Ross to National Council, Nov. 19, 1874. Regarding authority to print laws.
17. Report of the Cherokee Delegates to the National Council, from the Cherokee Advocate, Dec. 26, 1874. Regarding the trip to Washington to organize the Indian country into a Territory government of the U.S.
18. Letter of a Cherokee woman from the Star Vindicator, Nov. 23, 1878. Regarding rudeness of Ross to the members of the Congressional Committee.
19. Editorial on Ross and Boudinot, et al, from the Cherokee Advocate, Sept. 29, 1882. Regarding the entrance of Ross and others on the Bar of the Circuit Court.
20. Editorial on Ross from the Indian Chieftain, Nov. 20, 1890. Regarding treaty appropriations with the Cherokee, Shawnee, Delawares and Freedmen.
21. Biographical sketch of Ross from the Cherokee Telephone, July 23, 1891. Regarding his life and times.
22. Death of W.P. Ross from the Vinita World, July 25, 1891. Regarding his death on July 20.
23. Editorial on Ross from the Cherokee Champion, June 12, 1895. Regarding Ross was a good man and should not be a handicap to Bob Ross and his political intentions.
24. Arp and the Indian from the Fort Gibson Post, Feb. 17, 1898. Regarding a book on Indians and what the book says of Ross and others.
25. Now incorporated from the Fort Gibson Post, June 2, 1898. Regarding granting of a petition of citizens of Fort Gibson to form municipality under Arkansas.
26. Editorial on Ross and Boudinot from the Fort Gibson Post, May 7, 1898. Regarding naming territory Fort Gibson.
27. Old times with Cherokee, from the Wagoner Record, July 26, 1900. Regarding the influence of the intermarried whites upon the Cherokee Nation.
28. An act approved by Ross from the Wagoner Record, Sept. 27, 1900. Regarding an interesting article referring to paying Sequoyah a pension.
29. Amendments approved by Ross, from the Claremore Register, Aug. 2, 1901. Regarding the allotment of the Indian lands.
30. Letter of C.A. Cummins from The Reporter, Jan. 30, 1903. Regarding the remembrances of Cherokee days past and the part played in them by Ross.
31. The Eastern Cherokee, from the Marble City Enterprise, June 23, 1906. Regarding letter received by W.P. Ross from a man in Claremore about the emigration of the Cherokee to the West.
32. Editorial on W.P. Ross from the Muldrow Press, Nov. 15, 1907. Regarding burning of the old wood house formerly owned by W.P. Ross.
33. “When the Cherokee Held Fair,” from the Guthrie Daily Leader, Sept. 26, 1910. Regarding the part in it by Ross.
34. Biographical sketch of Ross from the New Fort Gibson Era, March 28, 1912. Regarding Ross as the first editor of the Cherokee Advocate.
35. Biographical sketch of Ross from Thoburn and Holcomb, A History of Oklahoma.
36. William P. Ross from John D. Benedict, Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma.
37. Message of Ross from The Life and Times of William P. Ross.
38. Ross biography from The Life and Times of William P. Ross.
39. Biography of Ross from The Indian Territory.
40. Address of D.E. Ward from The Reporter, June 26, 1903.
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