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Communication of the Delegation of the Cherokee Nation to the President...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07384.06 Author/Creator: Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1866 Pagination: 48 p. : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 14.6 cm Order a Copy

Correspondence between John Ross, Principal Chief, and certain officers of the Rebellious States: Defending Cherokee Treaty with Confederacy; the Cherokee Constitution allowing for slavery and segregation of blacks.

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