Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]

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Collection Summary

Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.

Collection Details

GLC#: GLC01233
Type: Header Record
Date: 1838-1866
Title: Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]
Place Written: Various Places
Pagination

Time Period

Primary time period: National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860

Sub-Era: Age of Jackson

Subjects

American Indian History

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GLC01233.01

Collection Item

Autograph endorsement signed

Reply to Caleb Smith re: meeting with John Ross (Chief of Cherokee)

1862/09/11

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Endorsement on blank leaf of Caleb Smith's letter. Smith's letter was written on Interior Department Stationery, agreeing to meet with Cherokee chief Ross.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers...

GLC01233.01

Collection Item

Manuscript signed

Treaty between the US and Cherokee Nation

1846/08/06

United States. Treaties, etc.

Signed by John Ross and Stand Watie, both great Cherokee chiefs.

GLC01233.05