[Letter] 1839 June 24, Washington City, D.C. [to] George W. Churchwell, Knoxville, Tennessee / W[illia]m H. Thomas Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Claims Cherokee Indians--Treaties Cherokee Indians--Government relations United States. Office of Indian Affairs This letter, dated June 24, 1839, to George W. Churchwell from William Holland Thomas concerns the delay of the the Cherokee claims under the treaty of 1835. Thomas explains that T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner for Indian Affairs, does not expect any final decisions until the proceedings of the Board of Commissioners can be investigated. Document ID: wt013. 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:wt013 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 wt013. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-06-24 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