- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1865 Nov. 20 [to] Dr. Jno. [i.e., John] Mingus / W[illia]m H[olland] Thomas
- Creator:
- Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Cherokee Museum, Cherokee, NC, William Holland Thomas, box 1.
- Date of Original:
- 1865-11-20
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Health and hygiene
Cherokee Indians--Medicine
Smallpox - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from William H. Thomas, an attorney of the Eastern Cherokees, to Dr. John Mingus, written on November 20, 1865. Thomas asks Mingus to procure for him an ounce of asafetida and two gallons of whiskey. He says that he intends to use them medicinally in order to avoid contracting small pox.
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:
- cm150
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm150
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm150#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cm150/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]
[added text (appears to be different ink and hand): paid by R.J. [illegible text] ]
(Private)
Stekoa
Nov [November] 20, 1865
Dr Jno [John] Mingus
If you have assafeotida [asafetida] I want you to send me an ounce by the first opportunity. Also procure me at least two gallons purified whiskey and [unclear text: inform ] me,
The small pox is coming so close [illegible text] that it becomes necessary to use assafeotida [asafetida] and whiskey as a preventative,
[Signed] Wm H [William Holland] Thomas