Typescript essay entitled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden / Native American; Cherokee

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Title(s):

Typescript essay entitled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden

Culture:

Native American; Cherokee

Date:

circa 1927

Materials/Techniques:

ink on paper

Classification:

Manuscripts

Object Type:

Essay, Typescript

Accession No:

4027.5291

Department:

Typescript essay entitled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden describing how J.F. Schermerhorn, a commissioner, arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers and by this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all its territory east of the Mississippi River, a history of the removal, June 1838- March 1839 is given.
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Typescript essay entitled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden . 4027.5291. Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection. circa 1927. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/40275291 (09/25/2018).

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