- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Aug. 29, Washington City, D.C. [to] Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward / 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 wt053.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-08-29
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Relocation
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 is a letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward, dated August 29, 1839, from William H. Thomas, attorney for the Eastern Cherokees. Thomas states that Woodward's claim is being reviewed and will probably be settled by October and explains the reason for the delay. He also informs her that he has filed her claim for commutation of removal and subsistence.
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:
- wt053
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt053
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt053#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt053/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 DC
August 29, 1839
Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward,
Your favor of the 12th instant was duly received in relation to your business therein refered [referred] to I can only inform you your claim with all others allowed by the board of Commissioners, are now undergoing an invistigation [investigation] by the Commissioners of Indian Affairs until his report is made therein. and views the same there of the Secretary of War no payment will be made. which will probably require until some time in
October. Knowing your great anxiety to leave for the west. When I first came here I tried to procure your claim to be taken up separately and explained to the Commissioner and Secretary of War your situation and the long time you have been waiting for the payment of your dues but I was informed that my request could not be complied with, and that the decisions of the Commissioners as to their being final [deleted text: would ] under the treaty must first be decided. I was therefore under those circumstances to let your claim with all others wait the final decision when made your business will riecve [receive] my earliest attention. The only [deleted text: difficulty ] danger to be apprehended in your case I conceive to be delay.
I have also filed your claim for commutation of removal and subsistence ($53.331/3) which I am in hopes I will gain for you. I would have written to you before but in my communications to Mr. Gillaspie requested him to inform you of the situation of your claim I think you had better stay at Col. Morgans until you are ready to go west as you I am informed have lost your friend Mrs. Walker
Yours &c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]