[Letter] 1839 June 20, Washington City, D.C. [to] H. P. King, Indian Town, [North Carolina] / W[illia]m H. Thomas
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Business letters |
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| Creator: | Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1839 June 20, Washington City, D.C. [to] H. P. King, Indian Town, [North Carolina] / W[illia]m H. Thomas |
| Date: | 1839 June 20 |
| Description: | This letter, dated June 20, 1839, was written by William Holland Thomas to H. P. King at Indian Town. Thomas tells King that he has been delayed in returning home due to an investigation into the Cherokee claims under the treaty of 1835 by Commissioner of Indian Affairs T. Hartley Crawford. He asks King to convey several messages to family and friends and instructs him on managing the business. Also included in this document is a near duplicate of this message addressed to James H. Bryson in Murphy, NC. Document ID: wt009. 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--Treaties | Cherokee Indians--Claims | Cherokee Indians--Government relations | Southern States |
| 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: | 2 pages/leaves | Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt009. |
| 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:wt009 |
| 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 |