[Letter] 1839 July 30, Washington City, D.C. [to] Maj[or] Gen[eral] Thomas S. Jesup, Washington City, D.C. / W[illia]m H. Thomas of an image Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Indians of North America--Relocation This letter, dated July 30, 1839, is from William Holland Thomas to Thomas S. Jesup, U.S. Quartermaster General. The letter concerns a claim of (William ?) Cuningham against the United States. Thomas, as legal representative of the claimant, requests that the case be reexamined since Cuningham can prove that he performed the services for which he was contracted. Cuningham was employed by the U.S. to assist in the transport of Cherokees during their forced removal. Document ID: wt039. 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:wt039 3 pages/leaves Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt039. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-07-30 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