United States, 39.76, -98.5Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931839-08-20This 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.text/htmlimage/jpegwt051engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058, box 1, folder 1, document wt051.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--ClaimsCherokee Indians--Government relations[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]Text