Handwritten copy of letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, May 23, 1871

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 42

Identifier: 3826.1288

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Description

Handwritten copy of a letter from Senator James Harlan to Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano. Harlan suggests that a committee be established to set the price of Cherokee lands. He also references the Treaty of 1866 and implicates inequal wealth between tribes. Folder 42

Dates

May 23, 1871

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in English and Cherokee.

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