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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Typescript of "An Account of My Escape from the South in 1861" John Edwards Native American; Choctaw 4026.4553 ink on paper
Appointment of D. D. Hitchcock as Assistant Surgeon of the Second Indian Regiment of Home Guards at Bentonville, Arkansas American 5126.469 ink on paper
Photocopy of William M. Cleveland's membership certificate for the Grand Army of the Republic American 5126.901 ink on paper
Letter in Cherokee syllabary from Lewis Downing to Cooweescoowee (John Ross) Lewis Downing, Chief John Ross Native American, Cherokee 4926.273 ink on paper
Photostat of printed document in Cherokee syllabary Native American, Cherokee 4416.97 ink on paper
Letter from Chief John Ross to Creek Chiefs Motey Kennard and Echo Harjo Chief John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.1340.a-b ink on paper
Stephen Douglas George Peter Alexander Healy American 01.1112 oil on canvas
Copy of Letter from Superintendent of Indian Affairs to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole W. G. Coffin, J. L. Hargett American 4027.1505-.1 ink on paper
Letter from Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Charles E. Mix to Chief John Ross J. L. Hargett, Charles E. Mix American 4027.1506 ink on paper
Draft Copy of Chief John Ross' Annual Message to National Council Chief John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.1324.a-.a.2 ink on paper
Letter from Martha Vann to Colonel William Gallahen J. L. Hargett, Martha Vann Native American, Cherokee 4026.1438 ink on paper
Letter from Chief John Ross to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole Chief John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.1385-.1 ink on paper
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole to Chief John Ross J. L. Hargett, William P. Dole American 4026.1463 ink on paper
Letter Signed in Cherokee Syllabary and Addressed 'Dear Sir' [Chief John Ross] Unidentified, J. L. Hargett Native Americans, Cherokee 4027.1516-.1 ink on paper
Letter from Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard to Chief John Ross J. L. Hargett, David Hubbard American 4026.1274-.1 ink on paper
Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Confederate Commissioner of Indian Affairs David Hubbard Chief John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.1303-.3 ink on paper
Letter from Evan Jones to United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole J. L. Hargett, Evan Jones Native American, Cherokee 4026.1349-.5 ink on paper
Letter from Chief John Ross to Brigadier General Albert Pike Chief John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.1350 ink on paper
Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Commissioner of Indian Affairs William P. Dole J. L. Hargett, Unidentified Native American, Cherokee 4026.1384 ink on paper
Letter from Chief John Ross to Nanson, Dameron, and Cos Chief John Ross Native American; Cherokee 4026.1423 ink on paper