[Letter] 1839 July 4, Washington City, D.C. [to] Jason L. [and] Saith Hyatt, Fort Hembree, North Carolina / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Claims Creek Indians--Treaties United States. Office of Indian Affairs Cherokee Indians--Government relations Fourth of July celebrations Letter dated July 4, 1839 from William Holland Thomas to Jason L. and Saith Hyatt. Thomas tells the Hyatts that he forwarded their claims to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, but that Crawford has yet to act on them because his department is busy with claims relative to treaties with the Creeks and other tribes. Document ID: wt022. 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:wt022 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 wt022. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-07-04 North Carolina 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