[Letter 18]39 Nov. 18, Washington City, [D.C. to] Col[onel] Jno. [i.e., John] Brown, Limestone p[ost] o[ffice], Buncombe C[oun]ty, N[orth] C[arolina] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] of an image Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Claims Cherokee Indians--Government relations United States. Office of Indian Affairs This is a letter, dated November 18, 1839, from William Holland Thomas to Colonel John Brown. Thomas explains that his return home from Washington has been delayed as a result of a pending report by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who is still considering some of the claims of the Eastern Cherokees. Thomas also discusses selling land in Buncombe County, NC. Document ID: wt109. 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 2001 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wt109 2 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt109. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-11-18 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