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Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross, September 28, 1839

 Item — Folder: 654
Identifier: 4026.843

Description

Letter from General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross. Requesting that as chief he have persons charged with the Ridge-Boudinot murders delivered to Fort Gibson; otherwise military will do so; no violence is to be visited on Treaty Party members; failure to make union with John Brown regretted. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 654

Dates

  • September 28, 1839

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet

Mark(s)

Embossed

Medium

ink on paper

Signed

Signed, "M. Arbuckle, Wm Armstrong"

Dimensions

Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm) Folded: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)

Source

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository

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