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

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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. Folder 65

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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: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
4027.5291
Previous Number(s): 
77233
Department: 
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