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Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross regarding legal proceedings. (resembles Moulton Vol. II, pp. 199-200). Sheets of folded paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 45

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Letter from William Wirt to Chief John Ross regarding Bill of Injunction. (Moulton Vol. I, pp. 205-206). Single sheet of folded paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Four single sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 48

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Letter from William Wirt to William H. Underwood, Esquire concerning case in Georgia. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 44

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Opinion of William Wirt on the claims for improvements by the State of Georgia on the Cherokee Nation under the Treaties of 1817 and 1828. (Moulton Vol. I, p. 196). Eight folded papers and two sheets of paper. Folder 49A

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Resolution of Cherokee General Council instructing Chief John Ross to institute legal proceedings against Georgia, and authorizing him to engage and pay counsel. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 37

Description Seven newspaper clippings. ca 1834 Letter to Gov. Wilson Lumpkin by "one of the Indian Counsel." Folder 1397 Transcript (DCI) For the Whig To His Excellency, Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of the State of Georgia.In addressing you upon the subject of this communication, it is not intended as a mark of respect, for I should be very unwilling to show to you any thing of that kind, upon this, or any other occasion. You are not entitled to...

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Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65