- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Aug. 7, Washington City, D.C. [to] T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs / 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 wt048.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-08-07
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Claims against
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This letter, dated August 7, 1839, is from William Holland Thomas to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Thomas provides Crawford with the names of lawyers who have given over power of attorney to him. These men claim compensation for services rendered to Cherokee Indians for reservation claims. Thomas says that the lawyers hope that their claims will be filed for review in the department. Thomas also forwards legal arguments prepared by several of the lawyers on behalf of their clients. The enclosure mentioned 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:
- wt048
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt048
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt048#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt048/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
August 7, 1839
Hon [Honorable] T. Hartley Crawford Commissioner of Indian Affairs --
Sir
I have the honor herewith to enclose you powers of attorny [attorney] from John F. Gillaspie. George W. Churchwell, and Nicholas Peck of Tennessee and William Roan. Felix Axley, George W. Candler, and Nicholas Woodfin of NC [North Carolina] Lawyers who claim compensation for services rendered Cherokee Indians in preparing and attending to their reservation claims & c [et cetera] evidence of their debts on those Indians they wish the privilege of having filed for action thereon by the Department
Some of those gentlemen have prepared and forwarded to me arguments in support of reservation claims rejected by the Commissioners which they wish filed in the respective cases for which they were intended. Will you please inform me if you have any objections to the above requests being complied with
very respectfully yours obt servt [obedient servant]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]