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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Communication Signed by Cherokee Delegates to Lewis Case J. L. Hargett, Unknown Native American, Cherokee 4026.244 ink on paper
Letter from Acting Secretary of War S. Cooper to Cherokee Delegation J. L. Hargett, Samuel Cooper American 4026.561-.1 ink on paper, wax
Copy of Unsigned Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary of the Interior J. P. Usher Unknown, J. L. Hargett Native American, Cherokee 4026.1454-.1 ink on paper
Letter from Chief John Ross to Joel Roberts Poinsett John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.590-.1 ink on paper
Letter from John Martin, National Treasurer, to Secretary of War J. L. Hargett, John Martin Native Americans, Cherokee 4026.418 ink on paper
Two letters from Joel Roberts Poinsett to the Cherokee Delegation with envelope J. L. Hargett American 4026.572 ink on paper
Note from Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett to Cherokee Delegation J. L. Hargett, Joel Roberts Poinsett, John Ross, Richard Taylor, Elijah Hicks American 4026.474 ink on paper
Letter Signed by Nine Delegates to Benjamin F. Butler Unknown, J. L. Hargett Native American, Cherokee 4026.437-.1 ink on paper
Copy of Recommendation by Committee on Indian Affairs Committee on Indian Affairs, J. L. Hargett American 4026.578 ink on paper
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.445-.1 ink on paper
Letter from Benjamin F. Butler, Secretary of War, to Chief John Ross, John Looney, and Others J. L. Hargett, Benjamin F. Butler American 4026.440-.1 ink on paper
Letter from Joel Roberts Poinsett to Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle Joel Roberts Poinsett, J. L. Hargett American 4026.700-.1 ink on paper, wax
Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.449.1 ink on paper
Letter from Chief John Ross and Nine Delegate in Washington City to Secretary of War Benjamin F. Butler J. L. Hargett, Unknown Native American, Cherokee 4026.441-.1 ink on paper
Extract from Opinion of Attorney General J. L. Hargett, Unknown Native Americans, Cherokee 4026.725 ink on paper
Draft Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Major James C. Martin John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.486-.1 ink on paper
Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross and 9 members of the Cherokee Nation East and West to Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War Unknown, J. L. Hargett Native American, Cherokee 4026.442 ink on paper
Letter to Joel Roberts Poinsett J. L. Hargett, Unknown Native American, Cherokee 4026.782-.1 ink on paper
Two Unsigned Drafts of Parts of Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.497 ink on paper
Letter from Return J. Meigs to Captain Charles Hicks J. L. Hargett, Return J. Meigs American 4026.20 ink on paper, wax