- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1844 Sept. 19, Montgomery, Ala[bama to] W[illia]m H[olland] Thomas / Duff Green
- Creator:
- Green, Duff, 1791-1875
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC, William Holland Thomas, box 1.
- Date of Original:
- 1844-09-19
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
Cherokee Indians--Government relations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter, dated September 19, 1844, from Duff Green to William Holland Thomas, an attorney of the Eastern Cherokees. Green warns Thomas that an effort may be made to prevent the division of Cherokee lands, and he advises Thomas to inform the Cherokees of this matter. Green says that he informed President John Tyler that the Cherokees have been quiet because they are patiently waiting for him to fulfill certain promises.
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:
- cm147
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm147
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm147#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm147/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:
- 1 page/leaf
- Holding Institution:
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Montgomery Ala [Alabama]
19th Sep [September] 1844
My dear Sir
It is important that you should let our friends in the West know that an effort is made to prevent a division of their land upon the promise that all is now peace & quiet!!!
You should tell them that I told the President that quiet was the result of their confidence in his promises that he would send out some proper person to examine & report on the condition of the tribe & they should be careful to impress on the mind of the government agents that they are submitg [submitting] patiently now waitg [waiting] to see what the President will do. That they should explain to their people that Ross endeavors to persuade [unclear text: the govt. ] that all is or soon will be quiet.
You know my views and you must do the best you can for us. in all matters.
Yours truly
[Signed] Duff Green Mr Wm H [William Holland] Thomas