- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Sept. 17, Washington City, D.C. [to] J[oel] R. Poinsett, Secretary of War / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] of an image
- 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 wt061.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-09-17
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Relocation
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Census, 1835 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter, dated September 17, 1839, to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett from William Holland Thomas regarding the Cherokee rolls needed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs before the Cherokees can be given money for 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:
- wt061
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt061
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt061#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt061/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
September 17, 1839
Hon. [Honorable] J [Joel] R Poinsett
Secretary of War
Sir
I perceived in the report of the Hon [Honorable] Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the 12th Inst. [Instant] that rolls will be required of the Cherokees east preparatory to making payment to them their dues under the treaty of
1835 &
6. And whereas I am the attorney in fact of these Cherokees as is evidenced by their power of attorney on file in your offices may I be permitted to request the views of the Commissioner in that respect be carried into effect as soon as possible not only to ascertain the number of those who will have to be paid east, but the number that wish to emigrate this fall which will enable the Department to make the necessary arrangements respecting them
Where as the Cherokee Chiefs agent on the plan of taking the Census of the Cherokees who remained east under the provisions of the 12th article of the treaty I beg leave to submit it for the consideration of the Department
"That the number belonging to each town and settlement be accurately ascertained, two acting Justices of the peace in and for the Counties in which they reside shall annually make out & certify a list belonging to each town which last shall be certified by the clerk and Chairman of the County Court."
In addition thereto I would respectfully recommend that the interpreter be sworn to discharge his duties faithfully and that each head of a family be required to state his voluntary choice to remain east or go west, and the Census further show all those born since the the taking of the census of
1835 refered [referred] to in the 15th article of the treaty
your &c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]