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Merritt, J. L.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Joel R. Poinsett to Chief John Ross, August 12, 1837

 Item — Folder: 240
Identifier: 4026.462-.1
Description

Letter from Joel R. Poinsett [delivered by Sherburne] to Chief John Ross. President 'has no control over Treaty, and no alternative but its enforcement.' Sherburne hopes to induce the Cherokee through the influence of Chiefs to remove peaceably. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 240

Dates: August 12, 1837

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