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Handwritten copy of letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano

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Handwritten copy of a letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano. Harlan suggests that a committee be established to set the price of Cherokee lands. He also references the Treaty of 1866 and implicates inequal wealth between tribes. Folder 42

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Title(s): 
Handwritten copy of a letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
May 23, 1871
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
3826.1288
Previous Number(s): 
77207
Department: 
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