- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 July 8, Washington City, D.C. [to] J. W. King, Murphy, Cherokee C[oun]ty, North Carolina / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas]
- 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 wt026.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-07-08
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Post office stations and branches
Claims - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Qualla, 35.43538, -83.32293
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated, July 8, 1839, to J. W. King from William Holland Thomas. Thomas instructs King on management of the business and the construction of a store. He also tells King that he has procured the establishment of a post office at the Indiantown (renamed Quallatown) store and that he has just made a report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the amount due to the Eastern Cherokees.
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:
- wt026
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt026
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt026#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt026/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Washington City DC
July 8, 1839
J W King Murphy Cherokee Cty [County] NC [North Carolina]
The employment of [unclear text: J ] H Bryson authorized in my previous communication may be dispensed with. care will be necessary in erecting the store House that the lumber be of a good quality & plank well seasoned [unclear text: particularly ] respecting which are contained in my last communication. [unclear text: great ] care must be observed
Page: [2]
with regard to [unclear text: Pink root ] . Snake root & ginsang [ginseng] to call on Capt Jarrett for instructions. to keep his Books nice and to use Black ink. make no bad debts and secure such as have been made -- but the [unclear text: case ] not to be resorted to unless a strong presumption of fraud exists, am engaged in making a report to the commissioner of Indian Affairs the amount due the Cherokees East procured payment of the U.S. for corn delivered on Starretts contract, had procured the establishment of a post office at Indian Town by the name of Qualla Town H P. King [illegible text] It will be necessary to sleep in the store House every night -- I enjoy good health, notwithstanding my close attention to business. all the claims allowed by the Commissioner will probably have to undergo an examination by the Department give my respects to squire Hayes & family and to inquiring friends. inform the Cherokees that I will inform them of particulars in a few days. write me the amount of Thomas Whites debt and the name of the officer who from the custody of the civil [unclear text: affair ] . also the particulars in relation to the same.
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]