[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] Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Treaties Cherokee Indians--Claims Cherokee Indians--Government relations United States. Office of Indian Affairs 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. 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 Business letters http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wt010 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. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-06-20 McMinn County (Tenn.) 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