- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Sept. 24, Washington City, D.C. [to] Maj[or Charles L.] Hinton, Raleigh, No[rth] Carolina / W[illiam] H. Thomas 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 wt068.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-09-24
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Interest rates - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter, dated September 24, 1839, from William Holland Thomas to Charles L. Hinton, State Treasurer of North Carolina. Thomas asks Hinton to contact the directors of the State Bank of North Carolina to see how much interest they will pay on a deposit of 50,000 to 100,000 dollars to be held in trust for the Eastern 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:
- wt068
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt068
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt068#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt068/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 24, 1839
Maj Hinton Treasurer Raleigh No Carolina
Dear Sir,
The business of the Cherokees remaining east has detained me me [me] much longer than I anticipated and I will be unable to complete my business until the return of the Hono [Honorable] Secretary of War which is supposed to be the first of next month
Whereas I am authorised [authorized] to deposit in the State Bank of North Carolina or some other safe institution the money due the Cherokees remaining east. Will you please ascertain of the president and directors of that Bank if they will rievc [receive] not less than $50,000.00 nor exceeding $100,000.00 on deposit if so what percent they are willing to pay annually for the use of it. None of the principal will be required only as those Cherokees who have become citizens of the state desire to emigrate and join their people at their new homes west of the Mississippi, therefore none will be wanting before next fall and then it is probable but a very small amount, those people having made their choice to remain it is not presumable that they will change their opinion only as influenced by information received from their friends in the west. When you are informed by the Bank in relation to the above will you please enclose me their proposition that I may lay it before the Secretary of War on his return.
You will perceive my plan is to remove these Cherokees who have been permitted to remain and become citizens under the provisions of the 12 article of the treaty of
1835 as they desire to go and to have the money due them placed on interest for that purpose, but at the same time I propose to do nothing without their consent. This was the ancient policy of the government, and both whites and Indians have much reason to regret that it it [it] was ever departed from many valuable lives would have been saved and a large amount of money in the treasury.
yours &c [et cetera]
[Signed] W [William] H Thomas