An act in regard to the East and West Rail-way Company : holograph, 1870 Dec 14.

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An act in regard to the East and West Rail-way Company : holograph, 1870 Dec 14.

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Copy of an act authorizing the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company to construct an east-west line through lands belonging to the Cherokee Nation, following the lead of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, which constructed a north-south road through the Cherokee Nation. Thomas C. Fletcher acted as agent for the Railroad Company. Lewis Downing, "Principle [sic] Chief, Cherokee Nation" approved the act, which has been copied here by W. L. G. Miller with an official stamp of the Cherokee Nation.

1 item (2 p.) ; 32 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Fletcher, Thomas C. (Thomas Clement), 1827-1899

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American lawyer and soldier; Govenor of Missouri. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Jefferson City, to the President, 1865 Jul. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270521529 American soldier and lawyer; Governor of Missouri. From the description of Autograph letter signed : City of Jefferson, Missouri, to the President, 1869 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270517903 ...

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company

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Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company

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Cherokee nation

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Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land. From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Natio...

Miller, W. L. G.

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Downing, Lewis J.

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