- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Aug. 20, Washington City, [D.C. to] H. P. King, Qualla Town [i.e., Quallatown, 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, box 1, folder 1, document wt051.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-08-20
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
reports - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter to H. P. King at the Quallatown store from William Holland Thomas, dated August 20, 1839. Thomas writes that he hopes to be finished with the business of the Eastern Cherokee claims by the following week. He also says that he does not expect that any payment will be made to the Cherokees until the next fall. Also included in this document is a duplicate letter addressed to Johnson W. King at the Murphy, NC store wherein Thomas sends his respects to the 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:
- wt051
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt051
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt051#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt051/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2058, 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
August 20 1839
To H. P. King Qualla Town,
unless a change takes place in my business think I will leave here next week. Think no payments will be made on claims before next fall. nothing can be done but get the money retained and not sent west due the Cherokeesremaining. say to mother I am in good health, will (I expect) be at home shortly on which account I have disclosed in writing to her and others if anything prevents me leaving here at that time will write. I have remained so long at the War office today I had hardly time to write the above if Scroop Enloe needs his money try to borrow but [illegible text] the sale had been postponed
yours &c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]
Washington
August 29, 1839
To J [Johnson] W King Murphy
duplicate in substance added to give my respects to Cherokees say to them I am well and [unclear text: will ] startly [start] home shortly. doing for them the best I can (this letter not sent)
[Signed] WHT [William Holand Thomas]