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Draft Copy of Letter from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing to Cherokee Agent Major J. Harlan

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Draft copy of letter from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing to Cherokee Agent Major J. Harlan advancing plan for reorganizing Cherokee Regiments whose enlistment will expire after planting season in 1865. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1261

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Title(s): 
Draft Copy of Letter from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing to Cherokee Agent Major J. Harlan
Creator(s): 
Lewis Downing (Subject)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
December 12, 1864
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Draft
Accession No: 
4026.1469-.1
Previous Number(s): 
56618
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Ross Papers
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