[Letter] 1839 Dec. 18, Washington City, [D.C. to] Ja[me]s Perry, Madisonville, Ten[nessee] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] of an image Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Claims Cherokee Indians--Government relations Ross, John, 1790-1866 United States. Office of Indian Affairs This letter, dated December 18, 1839, is from William Holland Thomas to James Perry. Thomas tells Perry that since his wife has been granted citizenship, she will be included on the rolls of the Eastern Cherokees. He also discusses Cherokee Chief John Ross's expected arrival in Washington and mentions that the report on the Eastern Cherokee claims is still being reviewed by the Secretary of War. Document ID: wt133. 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 Business letters Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wt133 1 page/leaf 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 wt133. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-12-18 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