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Missionaries -- Cherokee Nation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

James Anderson Slover Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-1769
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A photocopy of the autobiography of James Slover, a missionary to the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War, and chaplain of the 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, under Stand Watie. The diary includes an account of post-war difficulties in Arkansas due to a depressed economy, race relations and the reconstruction government, and of Slover's subsequent decision to move to California.

Dates: ca. 1907