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Draft Copy of Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary or War / Unknown

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Draft copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation (John Ross, Lewis Downing, Lewis Ross, James McDaniel) to Secretary of War regretting breaking up of Indian Brigade and General Blunt's 'General Order Number 7.'(Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages.
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Title(s): 
Draft Copy of Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary or War
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Cherokee
Date: 
May 25, 1864
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Draft
Accession No: 
4026.1436-.1
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Ross Papers
Signed, "John Ross, James McDaniel, Lewis Ross, Lewis Downing"; Inscribed in ink on verso, "Copy of a Communication to the Hon. Secretary of War, requesting the reorganization of the 2ed + 3rd Indian Regiments- May 25th, 1864".
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