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Cherokee Indians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

S. Dinsmore to J. McHenry, 1797-06-04

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000023240315], Folder: 6
Identifier: 1975.006.2.Cherokee.062
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter from Silas Dinsmore to James McHenry (U.S. Secretary of War). Written from the dividing ridge between the waters of the Cumberland and Duck Rivers, regarding evidence of Spanish interference with the Cherokee Indians.

Dates: 1797-06-04

S. Dinsmore to J. McHenry, 1797-06-04

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: A000023240315], Folder: 6
Identifier: 1975.006.2.Cherokee.063
Scope and Contents

Handwritten transcription, in Silas Dinsmore's hand, of a letter from the Spanish Baron of Corondelet to a Cherokee friend of Dinsmore's in which he states his reasons for keeping the man's son with the Spanish and the French rather than with the Cherokees.

Dates: 1797-06-04