[Letter] 1839 June 20, Washington City, D.C. [to] H. P. King, Indian Town, [North Carolina] / W[illia]m H. Thomas Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Treaties Cherokee Indians--Claims Cherokee Indians--Government relations 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. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Hoskins Library University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL Digital Library of Georgia 2001 Letters (correspondence) Business letters http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wt009 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. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-06-20 Southern States 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