- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1856 July 22, Qualla Town [i.e., Quallatown], N[orth] C[arolina to] First Auditor of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. / James W[harey] Terrell
- Creator:
- Terrell, James Wharey, 1829-1908
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC, William Holland Thomas, box 1.
- Date of Original:
- 1856-07-22
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Claims - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter, dated July 22, 1856, from James W. Terrell to the First Auditor of the Treasury in Washington DC. In this letter, Terrell transmits the payroll of Cherokees living in North Carolina (no longer attached) and explains that he was in Murphy and Quallatown to pay the claimants.
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. - Local Identifier:
- cm141
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm141
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm141#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm141/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], William Holland Thomas, Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Qualla Town N.C. [North Carolina]
July 22d 1856
Sir
I herewith transmit to you the payroll of the Cherokee Indiansresiding in North Carolina according to instructions received from the Secretary of the Treasury. I have attended at Murphey and at this place and have paid all who have come to me. I have concluded not to visit Duck Town Cheoih Cah too ga-jah and other places untill [until] I shall have received the next remittence at which time I expect to see every claimant and clear the roll, if possible. The compensation allowed me will not justify me in going all round every time.
In regard to the suspended payments I have not yet got the business all arranged but it is on the way and will all be adjusted in my next return. Let it all stand as it is for the present
I received in
May last from the Treasurer of the United States six Treasury drafts for $500.00 each [deleted text: amo ]
Page: [2]
amounting in all to $3000.00 I have paid out on the roll $1479.21 My commission of 5 percent on payments 73.96 1553.17 1553.17 leaving unexpended $1446.83 one thousand four hundred and forty six dollars and eighty three cents [deleted text: unexpended ] in my hands besides what remained over last year.
I hope the department will make the next remittence as soon as practicable as I am verry [very] anxious to complete the payments [deleted text: and wind up the business ] and for reasons above stated do not feel justified in going over all the Indian settlements till it comes.
I am Verry [Very] Respectfully
Your Obdt. Servt. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] J. [James] W. Terrell
1st Auditor of the Treasury Washington D.C.
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Report for
1850