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Official copy of resolution signed by Acting Chief Lewis Downing and Secretary G. W. Ross

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Official copy of a resolution signed by Lewis Downing, Acting Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Secretary G. W. Ross offering amnesty to Cherokee citizens who participated in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. The document includes the oath to be taken by the participants pledging allegiance to the Cherokee Nation and details the conditions for participants to be allowed amnesty. Folder 39

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Title(s): 
Official copy of a resolution signed by Lewis Downing, Acting Chief of the Cherokee Nation and Secretary G. W. Ross
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
July 14, 1865
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Resolution
Accession No: 
5126.484
Previous Number(s): 
77204
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection
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