United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931871-01-25This letter from William H. Thomas to John Platt of Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, dated January 25, 1871, is a request for Platt to remove from Cherokee land. Thomas gives specific description of the extent of the Cherokee Nation based upon past cases and treaties. Speaking as attorney and principle chief of the Eastern Cherokee, Thomas challenges Platt's claim to the land, and concludes by offering him the choice of accepting a suit that would be brought before the U.S. Supreme Court.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.text/htmlimage/jpegcm149engManuscript held by the Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC, William Holland Thomas, box 1.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Cherokee Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--Land tenureCherokee Indians--Claims[Letter] 1871 Jan. 25, White Sulphur Springs, Waynesville, Haywood Co[unty], N[orth] C[arolina to] John Platt, Waynesville, Haywood Co[unty], N[orth] C[arolina] / William Holland ThomasText