James Harlan
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subjects
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to Senator James Harlan, May 22, 1871
Item — Box 1, Folder: 41
Identifier: 3826.1287
Description
Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation signed by W. P. Adair and C. N Vann to Senator James Harlan, Chairman of the U. S. Senate Indian Committee, regarding pricing of land to be sold by Cherokees, with references to the Treaties of 1866, 1867, and 1869. Folder 41
Dates:
May 22, 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