[Letter] 1839 July 30, Washington City, D.C. [to] H. P. King, Qualla Town [i.e., Quallatown], Haywood [County], North Carolina / W[illia]m H. Thomas Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Government relations Ridge, Major, ca. 1771-1839--Assassination Ridge, John, 1803-1839--Assassination Boudinot, Elias, d. 1839--Assassination Ross, John, 1790-1866 This is a letter to H. P. King, dated July 30, 1839, from William Holland Thomas concerning his delay in Washington City while he awaits a decision from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the Eastern Cherokee claims. Thomas also relates a report that Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot and John Ross have been killed and another that only the Ridges have been killed. Document ID: wt038. 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) http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wt038 1 page/leaf Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt038. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-07-30 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