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Authorization by J. L. McCorkle to any judge or minister to marry J. H. Holt and Mary Drew

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J. H. Holt was a white man and Mary Drew was a Cherokee woman. Authorization states that he has fully complied with the law regulating intermarriage between white men and Cherokee women. Authorization came from Canadian District in the Cherokee Nation. Folder 344

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Title(s): 
Authorization by J. L. McCorkle to any judge or minister to marry J. H. Holt and Mary Drew
Culture: 
Native Americans, Cherokee
Date: 
December 4, 1867
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Authorization
Accession No: 
4026.1868
Previous Number(s): 
74779
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Drew Manuscript Collection
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