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Laws of the Cherokee Nation adopted by the Council

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03162 Author/Creator: Place Written: Tahlequah, C.N. [Ok.] Type: Book Date: 1852 Pagination: 179, 248 p. : Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

The book contains the Constitutions of 1827 and 1839, a complete compilation of the acts and resolution from 1808, and the annual session of 1851, with the laws of the Western Cherokee or Old Settlers. Hargrett, Oklahoma Imprints 152; Hargrett, Constitutions and Laws of the American Indian 18.

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