John Ross, full length portrait, facing front standing next to a small table. Half-plate daguerreotype, ca. 1850.
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John Ross (1790-1866) led the Cherokees for more than fifty years during one of the most turbulent times in their history as they fought to retain their homeland. This is the only known daguerreotype of Ross.