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Letter from John Benge, George C. Lowrey, and George Lowrey to Chief John Ross. Concerning need for shoes, blankets, and tents for detachment leaving Will's Valley. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 449

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Letter from John Martin, National Treasurer, to Secretary of War. Instructing him to pay $16,418.17 of annuities to the delegation named: Chief John Ross, Richard Taylor, Samuel Gunter, George Sanders, James Brown, John Benge, and Stephen Foreman. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 199

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Letter signed by nine delegates to Benjamin F. Butler, Secretary of War, seeking a meeting. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 211

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Memorial and Petition signed by 6 Eastern and 4 Western Cherokee Chiefs to Congress asking for a delay of the Treaty of New Echota and investigation of their assertions. (Moulton) Sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink. Folder 210

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Muster roll of John Benge to January 17, 1839. Two sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. The two sheets of paper attached together with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 504

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Photostat of Abstract of provisions issued to the detachments by Lewis Ross, Contractor, Oct. 1838 to March 25, 1839; refers to "Contractor's account dated 21st March 1842".. Single sheet. Folder 821

Description Removal Account Books and Receipt Rolls showing for Dec. 18, 1843 [see Ross to each Conductor, National Physician, Teamster, Council] Interpreter, etc. the (1) the total amount earned, (2) amounts paid in 1838-1839 from funds requisitioned (1st payment), and (3) amounts paid in years 1841, 1842, 1843 and 1844 from funds received in Aug. and Sept. 1841 [see Moulton 1978-101-104] Each folder contains a pencil notation "see file-original accounts of Indian Conductors with Lewis Ross" [Moulton]...