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In the letter to Lewis Allen Alderson, Charles Taylor Sherman, the oldest brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Senator John "The Ohio Icicle", explains to Alderson that he believed that Native Indians owned the best land in the state of Ohio. However, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was beginning to change that, as it required most Native Indians to move to the newly created Indian Territory that was located west of the Mississippi.
Creator: Sherman, Charles Taylor, 1811-1879
Date: June 20, 1831
Item Number: 219295
Call Number: Lewis Allen Alderson Coll. 255, Box 1, Folder 40, letters received: Charles T. Sherman, 1831 June-November
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219295
Collections - Manuscript - Alderson, Lewis Allen
Date - 1830s - 1831
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Indian Removal Act
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - Notable Kansans - Alderson, Lewis Allen, 1812-1881
People - Notable People - Sherman, Charles Taylor
Places - Other States - Ohio - Athens
Places - Other States - Ohio - Dayton
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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