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Houston, Sam (1793-1863) Ordering audit of receipt signed by Cherokee Chief Colonel Bowls

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01525 Author/Creator: Houston, Sam (1793-1863) Place Written: Houston Type: Document signed Date: 1838/05/10 Pagination: 2 p. 32 x 20 cm Order a Copy

A note written as President of the Republic of Texas on the verso of a receipt for payment to Cherokee Chieftain Bowls (signed with an "X") at a time when the Texas Senate was taking Cherokee Indian lands.

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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