United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931839-07-30This 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.text/htmlimage/jpegwt038engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt038.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--Government relationsRidge, Major, ca. 1771-1839--AssassinationRidge, John, 1803-1839--AssassinationBoudinot, Elias, d. 1839--AssassinationRoss, John, 1790-1866[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. ThomasText