- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 July 30, Washington City, D.C. [to] H. P. King, Qualla Town [i.e., Quallatown], Haywood [County], North Carolina / W[illia]m H. 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 wt038.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-07-30
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Ridge, Major, ca. 1771-1839--Assassination
Ridge, John, 1803-1839--Assassination
Boudinot, Elias, d. 1839--Assassination
Ross, John, 1790-1866 - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter to H. P. King, dated July 30, 1839, from William Holland Thomas concerning his delay in Washington City while he awaits a decision from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the Eastern Cherokee claims. Thomas also relates a report that Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot and John Ross have been killed and another that only the Ridges have been killed.
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:
- wt038
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt038
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt038#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt038/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]
Washington City DC
July 29, 1839
To H.P. King Qualla town Haywood NC [North Carolina] ,
Sir,
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs had not yet made a decision on the claims of the Cherokees remaining East, but is [deleted text: expaning ] [added text: examining ] the evidence in relation thereto and will probably complete the dicisions [decisions] in which the above cherokees are interested, betwixt the 10 and 15 of next month I am satisfied that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is doing all he can to have the business disposed of, the large amount involved by the above decisions, will compel me to remain, notwith standing [notwithstanding] my desire to return, but when a business is commenced it must be persevered in until completed I write in the war office from 9, in the morning until 5. in the evening until 5. in the evening [until 5. in the evening] and then at my room until from 10 to 11 -- oclock but the labourious [laborious] part of my business is nearly completed. after [deleted text: d ] a few days I will be less confined. As to my business intrusted to your care, no new instructions are deemed necessary previous instructions will be observed until changed
By information received here the Cherokees in Arkansaw are in a great state of excitement some reports say Maj [Major] Ridge, Jno [John] Ridge, Boudinott and John Ross are killed and other statements say Ridges are killed only I presume the War Department will be correctly informed in a few days Inform Mother I am in good health and believe this climate agrees with me as well as any I have ever been in I will continue to write until I [deleted text: come home ] return give my respects to inquiring friends. I have been expecting a letter from you several days and suppose one is on the way in answer to my letter requesting information as to [unclear text: white ] having been taken from the civil by the Military Authority
yours &c [et cetera]
[Signed] Wm [William] H Thomas