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Secretary of the Interior

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of Unsigned Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary of the Interior J. P. Usher, July 29, 1864

 Item — Folder 1243: [Barcode: 187.1243]
Identifier: 4026.1454-.1
Description

Copy of letter [unsigned letter from Cherokee Delegation] to Secretary of the Interior J. P. Usher repeating complaints about General Blunt's General Order Number 7 and loss of stock in country. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1243



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: July 29, 1864

Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano to Cherokee Delegation, May 26, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 43
Identifier: 3826.1289
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano in Washington, D.C., to W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation concerning pricing of Cherokee lands. He states that if the concerned parties do not agree, the price should be fixed by the President of the United States. Folder 43

Dates: May 26, 1871

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
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