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W. P. Adair

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subjects
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Handwritten copy of letter from Cherokee Delegation to President U. S. Grant, May 29, 1871

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 44
Identifier: 3826.1290
Description

Handwritten copy of letter from W. P. Adair and C. N. Vann of the Cherokee Delegation to President Ulysses S. Grant requesting a fair price for Cherokee lands west of ninety-six degrees and south of thirty-seven degrees. Folder 44

Dates: May 29, 1871

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 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