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Certificate stating that Sawney guarded a prisoner

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Certificate stating that Sawney guarded Thomas, who was charged with murder and acquitted, for three days in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation. Certificate is marked counterfeit and signed by G. W. Gunter and Jason McIntosh. Folder 136

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Title(s): 
Certificate stating that Sawney guarded a prisoner
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
1812 - 1916
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.3531.3
Previous Number(s): 
74293
Department: 
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