- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 July 17, Washington City, D.C. [to] Capt[ain] C. O. Collins, Trenton, New Jersey / 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 wt033.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-07-17
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cunningham, William, fl. 1839 - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter written by William Holland Thomas on July 17, 1839 to Captain C. O. Collins. Thomas is attempting to collect on a claim made against the U.S. by William Cuningham. Cuningham of North Carolina apparently committed an unspecified offence while employed to deliver goods, and the U.S. withheld his payment.
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:
- wt033
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt033
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt033#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt033/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 17th 1839
Capt. C.O. Collins
Sir,
William Cuningham of NC [North Carolina] has sent on his claim by me against the United States for the Service of himself and teams amounting in the aggregate to $437.50 On which payment has been suspended. The claimant is aware in his state of excited feelings, he may have said and done things calculated to give offence. Which originated in part by his believing he was alone subject to the orders of the Quartermaster who employed him. will you please inform me at this place the amount of actual damages.
Page: [2]
you suppose the government sustained by the withdrawel [withdrawal] of said claimants teams from the service. Cuninghams embarrassed situation since that time has been sufficient punishment to him for any acts of imprudence he may have been guilty of and his present necessitous situation. authorizes the settlement of his claims on any equitable terms.
yours & c [et cetera]
[Signed] W.H.T. [William Holland Thomas]
Capt C.O. Collins A Q M [Quartermaster] Trenton Newjersey