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Two typescript copies titled 'Texas Cherokees 1820-1839'

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Two typescript copies titled 'Texas Cherokees 1820-1839' describing the Cherokee who left Running Water Tennessee in 1794 with Chief John Bowles emigrating first to Missouri, then to Arkansas in 1811-1812. The story continue to tell of the 60 families who moved north of Nacogdoches, Spanish Territory in 1819-1820 and relates the events after Mexican revolution. This typescript is 90 pages. Folder 1

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Title(s): 
Two typescript copies titled 'Texas Cherokees 1820-1839'
Creator(s): 
John Bowles (Subject)
George Fields (Subject)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
1920
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Typescript
Accession No: 
3027.352a-b
Previous Number(s): 
79687
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
George W. Fields Manuscript Collection
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