Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878 to unknown
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01233.06 Author/Creator: Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 22, 1839 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Written to unidentified general. Undated but probably June 22 1839 (or a few days later) when Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge and John Ridge were assassinated for supporting the Treaty of Echota, which relocated the Cherokee. Stand Watie (mentioned herein) escaped assassination.
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