[Letter] 1839 June 20, Washington City, [D.C. to] Col[onel] Nicholas S. Peck, Wolverton p[ost] o[ffice], McMinn County, Ten[nessee] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas]
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| Type: | Business letters |
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| Creator: | Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1839 June 20, Washington City, [D.C. to] Col[onel] Nicholas S. Peck, Wolverton p[ost] o[ffice], McMinn County, Ten[nessee] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] |
| Date: | 1839 June 20 |
| Description: | This is a letter dated June 20, 1839 to Colonel Nicholas S. Peck from William Holland Thomas regarding the delay in settling the Cherokee claims under the treaty of 1835 due to the absence of T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Thomas mentions that he will be handling individual business for the Cherokees as well. Also included in this document is notation indicating that a duplicate of this letter was sent to John F. Gillaspie in Madisonville, TN. Document ID: wt010. 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 | United States. Office of Indian Affairs | McMinn County (Tenn.) |
| 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 wt010. |
| 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:wt010 |
| 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 |