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<dc:title>[Letter] 1839 Dec. 9, Washington City, D.C. [to] Felix Axeley [i.e., Axley], Rossville, N[orth] C[arolina] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] of an image</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893</dc:creator>
<dc:subject>Cherokee Indians--Claims</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Cherokee Indians--Government relations</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>Real property</dc:subject>
<dc:subject>United States. Office of Indian Affairs</dc:subject>
<dc:description>This is a letter, dated December 9, 1839, to Felix Axley from William Holland Thomas. The letter details the conditions under which Thomas would be willing to purchase the titles to certain parcels of land. Thomas also discusses his efforts to have rejected claims resolved for Axley and his convictions relative to the defense of the rights of the Eastern Cherokees.</dc:description>
<dc:description>Document ID: wt126.</dc:description>
<dc:description>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.</dc:description>
<dc:publisher>Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia</dc:publisher>
<dc:contributor>Hoskins Library</dc:contributor>
<dc:contributor>University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Libraries</dc:contributor>
<dc:date>2001</dc:date>
<dc:type>Business letters</dc:type>
<dc:type>Text</dc:type>
<dc:identifier>http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wt126</dc:identifier>
<dc:format>3 pages/leaves</dc:format>
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<dc:source>Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt126.</dc:source>
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<dc:coverage>1839-12-09</dc:coverage>
<dc:coverage>North Carolina</dc:coverage>
<dc:rights>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.</dc:rights>
<dc:rights>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</dc:rights>
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