[Letter] 1839 July 19, Washington City, D.C. [to] W[illia]m H. Thomas, Scotts Creek, Haywood [County], N[orth] C[arolina] / C[arey] A. Harris of an image
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| Type: | Business letters |
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| Creator: | Harris, Carey A. |
| Title: | [Letter] 1839 July 19, Washington City, D.C. [to] W[illia]m H. Thomas, Scotts Creek, Haywood [County], N[orth] C[arolina] / C[arey] A. Harris of an image |
| Date: | 1839 July 19 |
| Description: | This is a letter to William Holland Thomas from C. A. Harris, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated July 19, 1839. Harris writes in regard to the rights of the Cherokees remaining in North Carolina. Harris informs Thomas that the Cherokees in that state have an interest proportionate to their number in all the stipulations of the Treaty of New Echota (1835). A copy of the decision of the War Department, to which Harris refers, is enclosed with the letter. The decision gives the Cherokees the right to remain East or remove West, if they so desire, and it also provides them with funds for removal and subsistence. Document ID: wt186. 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--Government relations | Cherokee Indians--Relocation | Cherokee Indians--Treaties | 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: | 4 pages/leaves | Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 2, document wt186. |
| 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:wt186 |
| 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 |