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Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Major General James Steele

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Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie at Fort Gibson to Major General James Steele Commanding the District of Arkansas asking that Colonel William A. Phillips be restored to command of the Indian Brigade and reciting abuses over General Blunt's General Order Number 7. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 1247

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Title(s): 
Letter from Acting Principal Chief Smith Christie to Major General James Steele
Creator(s): 
Smith Christie (Author)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
August 4, 1864
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Letter
Accession No: 
4026.1457-.5
Previous Number(s): 
56603
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Ross Papers
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