Draft Copy of Letter from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing to Cherokee Agent Major J. Harlan, December 12, 1864
Description
Draft copy of letter from Acting Principal Chief Lewis Downing to Cherokee Agent Major J. Harlan advancing plan for reorganizing Cherokee Regiments whose enlistment will expire after planting season in 1865. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1261
Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"
Dates
- December 12, 1864
Creator
- Lewis Downing (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet
Medium
ink on paper
Signed
Signed, "Lewis Downing"
Dimensions
Overall: 10 × 15 1/2 in. (25.4 × 39.4 cm) Folded: 10 × 7 3/4 in. (25.4 × 19.7 cm)
- American Civil War
- Cherokee
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Agent
- Draft
- Indian Home Guard
- J. Harlan
- John Ross Papers
- Lewis Downing -- tsuwano'asgi -- Luwi Sawanasgi -- luge tsuwano'asgi
- Manuscripts
- Native American
- Native American
- archives (groupings)
- chief (tribal leader)
- copies (derivitive objects)
- drafts (documents)
- letters (correspondence)
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository
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