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Letter from Joseph M. Lynch to Chief John Ross

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Letter from Joseph M. Lynch , Little Rock, Ark., to Chief John Ross. Regarding debts against and inability to dispose of steamboat Victoria; reports that William S. Rogers and Jacob Nicholson, who have been jailed for murder of Tacoway, a white man. They were charged by Matthew Arbuckle's soldiers as being Ross men. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 727

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Title(s): 
Letter from Joseph M. Lynch to Chief John Ross
Creator(s): 
Joseph M. Lynch (Author)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
June 18, 1840
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper, wax
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.1169-.1
Previous Number(s): 
56035
Department: 
Collection: 
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