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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. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Letter 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.

Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878
Watie, Stand, 1806-1871

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