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Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross

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Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr., Tennessee Merchant, to Ross. Reporting purchase of carriage, baggage hack, and horses for Ross but recommending boat travel because detachments with rain will put roads in "shocking order"; also comments on "vultures of Indian money." (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 493

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Title(s): 
Letter from Thomas N. Clark, Jr. to Chief John Ross
Creator(s): 
Thomas N. Clark, Jr. (Author)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
November 15, 1838
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper, wax
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Letter
Accession No: 
4026.698.a
Previous Number(s): 
55758
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Ross Papers
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