[Letter] 1839 June 10, Washington City, [D.C. to] John F. Schermerhorn, Utica, N[ew] Y[ork] / W[illia]m H. Thomas
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| Type: | Business letters |
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| Creator: | Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1839 June 10, Washington City, [D.C. to] John F. Schermerhorn, Utica, N[ew] Y[ork] / W[illia]m H. Thomas |
| Date: | 1839 June 10 |
| Description: | This document is a letter dated June 10, 1839 to John F. Schermerhorn from William H. Thomas. Thomas informs Schermerhorn that the President will most likely need to appoint another commissioner to examine the Cherokee claims under the treaty of 1835 and asks Schermerhorn to consider accepting the appointment. Thomas also writes that he believes he will be able to procure subsistence and removal allowance for the Oconaluftee Cherokees at some point in the future. Document ID: wt008. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| Subjects: | Cherokee Indians--Relocation | Cherokee Indians--Government relations | Cherokee Indians--Claims | Schermerhorn, J.F. (John Freeman), 1786-1851 | United States. Office of Indian Affairs | North Carolina |
| Contributors: | Hoskins Library | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries | Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL | Digital Library of Georgia |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | 1 page/leaf | Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt008. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], MS2058 William Holland Thomas, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wt008 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Museum of the Cherokee Indian Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee State Museum Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) Hoskins Library LaFayette-Walker County Library |
| Collection Information: | Southeastern native American documents, 1730-1842 |