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Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross

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Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross. Requesting that as chief he have persons charged with the Ridge-Boudinot murders delivered to Fort Gibson; otherwise military will do so; no violence is to be visited on Treaty Party members; failure to make union with John Brown regretted. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 654

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Title(s): 
Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross
Creator(s): 
Matthew Arbuckle (Author)
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
September 28, 1839
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4026.843
Previous Number(s): 
55942
Department: 
Collection: 
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