[Letter] 1839 Dec. 14, Washington City, [D.C. to] Silas G. Perry, Madisonville, Ten[nessee] / W[illiam] H. Thomas of an image
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| Type: | Business letters | Text |
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| Creator: | Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1839 Dec. 14, Washington City, [D.C. to] Silas G. Perry, Madisonville, Ten[nessee] / W[illiam] H. Thomas of an image |
| Date: | 1839 Dec. 14 |
| Description: | This is an extract of a letter, dated December 14, 1839, from William Holland Thomas to Silas G. Perry. Thomas is hopeful that the Cherokees will not lose any of the claims that have been allowed and may gain some that have been rejected. He also states that John Ross will be arriving in Washington soon with hopes of having the per capita claims money placed in the treasury of the Cherokee Nation. Document ID: wt130. 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--Government relations | Ross, John, 1790-1866 | United States. Office of Indian Affairs | North Carolina |
| Contributors: | Hoskins Library | University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt130. |
| 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:wt130 |
| 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 |