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Letter from Chief John Ross to Creek Chiefs Motey Kennard and Echo Harjo / Chief John Ross

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Draft and copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Creek Chiefs Motey Kennard and Echo Harjo regretting battle and pleading for unity. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages.
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Title(s): 
Letter from Chief John Ross to Creek Chiefs Motey Kennard and Echo Harjo
Creator(s): 
Chief John Ross (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Cherokee
Date: 
November 28, 1861
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Draft
Accession No: 
4026.1340.a-b
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Ross Papers
Signed, "John Ross"; Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a note to Motey Kennard + Echo Harjo P. Chiefs Creek Nation Nov. 28, 1861".
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