United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931865-11-20This 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.text/htmlimage/jpegcm150engManuscript 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--Health and hygieneCherokee Indians--MedicineSmallpox[Letter] 1865 Nov. 20 [to] Dr. Jno. [i.e., John] Mingus / W[illia]m H[olland] ThomasText