[Letter] 1839 Nov. 15, Washington City, [D.C.] to the Cherokees at Qualla Town [i.e., Quallatown, North Carolina] / 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 Nov. 15, Washington City, [D.C.] to the Cherokees at Qualla Town [i.e., Quallatown, North Carolina] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] |
| Date: | 1839 Nov. 15 |
| Description: | This is a letter from William Holland Thomas to the Cherokees at Quallatown, dated November 15, 1839. Thomas discusses the current status of Eastern Cherokee claims and says that they will be able to remain in their homeland. Thomas also writes that he is continuing work on the claims for commutation of removal and subsistence for those who wish to emigrate West. Document ID: wt107. 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--Claims | Cherokee Indians--Land tenure | Cherokee Indians--Relocation | 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 wt107. |
| 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:wt107 |
| 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 |