Letter, 1851 Apr. 28, Washington City [to] Thomas Corwin, Sec[retary] of the Treasury / W[illia]m H. Thomas Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893 Cherokee Indians--Claims Green, Duff, 1791-1875 Green, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Edwards), 1822-1907 Letter dated April 28, 1851 from William H. Thomas to Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, regarding Thomas's position as the lawyer for the North Carolina Cherokees in which capacity he pursued their claims from 1836 to 1846. The letter details the involvement of Duff Green and his son, Ben E. Green, in the prosecution of the Eastern Cherokees' claims before Congress and the subsequent payment allotted and received by the Greens and Thomas for their services. Document ID: wtp052. Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library 2000 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:wtp052 3 pages/leaves text/html image/jpeg image/x-djvu Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, William H. Thomas Papers, box 01, folder 12, document 03. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents. 1851-04-28 North Carolina This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. 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], William H. Thomas Papers, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia