[Letter] 1839 Nov. 15, Washington City, [D.C.] to the Cherokees at Qualla Town [i.e., Quallatown, North Carolina] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Claims Cherokee Indians--Land tenure Cherokee Indians--Relocation United States. Office of Indian Affairs This is a letter from William Holland Thomas to the Cherokees at Quallatown, dated November 15, 1839. Thomas discusses the current status of Eastern Cherokee claims and says that they will be able to remain in their homeland. Thomas also writes that he is continuing work on the claims for commutation of removal and subsistence for those who wish to emigrate West. Document ID: wt107. 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:wt107 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 wt107. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-11-15 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