Box 1

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Carbon copy typed and signed letter from John M. Taylor (Delegate and Attorney for the Eastern Emigrant and Cherokee Nation) to James Hildebrand, A.W. Gritts, and Jackson Downing regarding a protest against the appointment of Levi Grits as Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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Typed and signed note from John M. Taylor (Delegate and Attorney for the Eastern Emigrant and Cherokee Nation) to Robert Lee Miller regarding the appointment of Chief as well as Cherokee money and land.

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Carbon copy typed and signed letter from John M. Taylor (Delegate and Attorney for the Eastern Emigrant and Cherokee Nation) to John Barton Payne (U.S. Secretary of the Interior). Cover letter for a certified copy of a report made by the auditor of the Treasury Department to the Interior Department, requesting an investigation be made by the Department of Justice.

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Carbon copy typed and signed letter from John M. Taylor (Delegate and Attorney for the Eastern Emigrant and Cherokee Nation) to James Harris (Oklahoma member of the National Republican Committee) in reference to the Drainage Act and other political matters.

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Carbon copy typed and signed letter from John M. Taylor (Delegate and Attorney for the Eastern Emigrant and Cherokee Nation) to James Harris (Oklahoma member of the National Republican Committee) requesting inauguration tickets, that Harris meet with Congressman-elect Alice Robertson concerining Indian related legislation, and that James Hildebrand be recommended to President Harding for the position of Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

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Carbon copy typed and signed letter from John M. Taylor (Delegate and Attorney for the Eastern Emigrant and Cherokee Nation) to James Hildebrand, A.W. Gritts, and Jackson Downing in reference to legislation introduced and supported in the House of Representatives by Alice Robertson and J.T. Pringly, et al. pertaining to Indians and others who fought in World War I. Also discusses his suit of intervention in the U.S. Court of Claims against the objection of Frank. J. Boudinot.

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Carbon copy typed and signed letter from John M. Taylor (Delegate and Attorney for the Eastern Emigrant and Cherokee Nation) to Alice Robertson (U.S. House of Representatives) in reference to the Indians support to re-elect her as well as T.A. Chandler to Congress and to encourage the passing of Bill 11134.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This artificial collection was brought together initially as the the old American Indian Law and History Collection from miscellaneous acquisitions that had accrued over twenty years of collecting. Later the collection's scope was broadened somewhat and the title was changed. It is presently a collection of historical documents, correspondence, photographs and ephemera relating to the governments, citizenship, and lands primarily of those tribes located in Oklahoma Indian Territory. The...

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Handwritten letter from Ephraim Martin Adair to an unknown recipient.

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Handwritten and signed letter from Ephraim Martin Adair to Mrs E.M. Adair, purported to be Louvina Jane Lewis, regarding family news and the Damson and McKee case.