- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Extract [of a letter] 1839 June 4, Washington City, [D.C.] / [William Holland Thomas]
- Creator:
- Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt006.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-06-04
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians
General stores - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is an extract of a letter dated June 4, 1839 and written by William Holland Thomas to one of his store clerks. Thomas instructs his employee on several issues relative to the management of the business, speaking of the Indian Town store in particular. Mentioned is an enclosed communication to the Cherokees that is no longer attached.
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:
- wt006
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt006
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt006#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt006/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2058 William Holland Thomas, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 page/leaf
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]15
Washington City
June 4 1839
Extract
Dear Sir,
I have been informed of the absence of your brother causes unknown to me may justify his [unclear text: cause ] . A few days [unclear text: since ] recd [received] a letter from Jas. [James] H Bryson, who informs me he is not the only one who loaned my money to Mr. Cuningham. have written to him to continue in business at that place until I my return. I will then inquire into the conduct disapproved by me. I hope to find by strict attention to business in my absence I shall be induced to change my former intentions especially if he has not been -- guilty to the amount I had supposed that deficiency should be chargeable to one in my employment of whom I had hoped better things my experience has long since taught me to believe all persons are liable to err, therefore small ones may be overlooked where integrity is not involved. Therewith send you the Bill of goods and bills of lading the cost will be marked in letters, and the usual percent laid except on the article of Prints on that article 75 percent will be laid, if any goods you cannot ascertain the cost of lay them away in Boxes until I return, Be careful not to make bad debts though when you refuse credit dont give offense by improper language, make no accounts with Indians until I return, collect all the money you can and forward it to Augusta to [unclear text: settle ] debts against the Indian Town store Should any remain, if not have it paid over to Clarke [illegible text] and Co or my individual acct. [account] If you have no use for the teams on their arrival send them back to Augusta for the balance of the goods if any balance in groceries such as will be needed but send cash to pay for them. you will remain at the Indian Town store until my return unless otherwise instructed and manage the same agreeable to the rules adopted for the government thereof, If not done have completed the Oconalufta Turnpike road and have it received, and forward a certificate there of to me at, Raleigh to the care of Mr. Hinton. have read the accompanying Communication to The Indians, extract on the other side also forward letter to Mother, in which I inform her I am in good health dont know when I can return