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Act Relative to Reasons Distributing Cherokees or Whites Assembled for Divine Worship
J. L. Hargett
Newspaper Clipping Titled "John Ross the Cherokee Chief, and His People"
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Copy of Letter from Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector to Chief John Ross

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Copy of letter from Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector to Chief John Ross seeking Cherokee to join seceding slave-holding states. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1089

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Title(s): 
Copy of Letter from Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector to Chief John Ross
Creator(s): 
Henry M. Rector (Author)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
January 29, 1861
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.1257-.1
Previous Number(s): 
56433
Department: 
Collection: 
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