Author: Campbell, J. B. Milam, Jesse Bartley [1884 - 1949] - Former owner
Title: CAMPBELL'S ABSTRACT Of SEMINOLE INDIAN CENSUS CARDS And INDEX
Description: Muskogee: Oklahoma Printing Company, 1925. 1st edition. ASSOCIATION COPY. Brown pebbled faux-leather binding, front board stamped in blind. Patterned paper endpapers. [1], 120, [5 (blank)] pp. 9-3/4" x 7". Slight wear to spine and spine edges, bookplate to front pastedown. Otherwise, a tight, clean VG+ copy. Included are the New Born Seminole Census Cards, Seminole Freedman Census Cards, as well as New Born Freedman Seminole Census Cards. Milam "was best known as the first Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation appointed by a U.S. president since tribal government had been dissolved before Oklahoma Statehood in 1907. He was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941, who reappointed him in 1942 and 1943; he was reappointed by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. He died while in office in 1949.".

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