[Letter] 1839 July 19, Washington City, D.C. [to] W[illia]m H. Thomas, Scotts Creek, Haywood [County], N[orth] C[arolina] / C[arey] A. Harris of an image Harris, Carey A. Cherokee Indians--Government relations Cherokee Indians--Relocation Cherokee Indians--Treaties United States. Office of Indian Affairs This is a letter to William Holland Thomas from C. A. Harris, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated July 19, 1839. Harris writes in regard to the rights of the Cherokees remaining in North Carolina. Harris informs Thomas that the Cherokees in that state have an interest proportionate to their number in all the stipulations of the Treaty of New Echota (1835). A copy of the decision of the War Department, to which Harris refers, is enclosed with the letter. The decision gives the Cherokees the right to remain East or remove West, if they so desire, and it also provides them with funds for removal and subsistence. Document ID: wt186. 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:wt186 4 pages/leaves Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 2, document wt186. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1839-07-19 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