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Letter to Captain William M. Boyce from Prairie de Chien

late 19th century | graphite and ink on paper

Old Slave Quarter Fort George Island

circa 1930s | ink on paper

Typescript of "An Account of My Escape from the South in 1861"

June 1864 | ink on paper

Official Imprint of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln

circa 1927 | ink on paper

The Removal of the Cherokee

1842 | ink on paper

Claim by John Drew for expenses incurred while pursuing runaway Negroes

July 6, 1859 | ink on paper

Letter from John Staples to John Drew asking about price and availability of slaves

March 6, 1860 | ink on paper

Certified copy of John Drew's last will and testament

early 20th century | ink on onion skin paper

Typescript of "My Life", with pencil corrections and notes by Margaret Louise Wallace

May 21, 1831 | ink on paper

Fragment of a bill of sale of a slave girl

Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Papers

Manuscript Collection: John Drew

Manuscript Collection: John Ross Papers

March 14, 1863 | ink on paper

Letter from Rebecca B. Spring to Chief John Ross

1748 | oil on canvas

Portrait of John Rowe

January 29, 1861 | ink on paper

Unsigned Letter (draft) from Chief John Ross to Chiefs of the Creek Nation

February 22, 1861 | ink on paper

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector

1883 | oil on mesonite

A Cotton Plantation on the Mississippi

1797 - 1897 | ink on paper

Note From Return J. Meigs to John Ross

August 2, 1830 | ink on paper

Copy of letter from Secretary of War J. H. Eaton to Colonel Ward