- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Sept. 22, Washington City, D.C. [to] E[dward] B. Dudley / 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 wt070.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-09-22
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Relocation
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Banks and banking - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter, dated September 22, 1839, to Edward B. Dudley, Governor of North Carolina (1837-1841), from William Holland Thomas, attorney for the Eastern Cherokees. Thomas tells Dudley that the Cherokees remaining east have authorized him to deposit money due them by the United States for commutation of removal and subsistence into the State Bank of North Carolina.
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:
- wt070
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt070
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt070#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt070/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
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Washington City DC
Sept. 22, 1839
To his Excellency E. [Edward] B. Dudley
Sir
As agent of the Cherokee Indians remaining in the state of North Carolina, under the provisions of the 12th article of the treaty of
1835. May I be permitted to make known to you the arrangements made and which I amauthorised [authorized] to make, for their removal hereafter as they may desire to join their brethren at their new homes west of the Mississippi, and respectfully to request your opinion in relations thereto
In the spring of
1836 I made an arrangement with the Chiefs of the Cherokees in Arkansaw, by which those remaining east, were to have laid off for them, their portion of land conveyed by the United States to the Cherokee Indians under the treaties of
1828,
1833, &
1835
In the fall of
1836 the Cherokees remaining in the state made known to the General Assembly then in session their desire to remain in the state subject to her laws, and if the state was willing for them to do so, requested the passage of such laws as they in their wisdom deemed necessary for their protection, they also informed the general Assembly that the money due them under the treaty of
1835, as a Commutation of removal & subsistence, would be placed on interest for the purpose for for [for] which it was intended. Their request was [deleted text: completed ] granted and a law passed for their protection to which I beg leave to refer you Acts
1836 &
7 Chap [Chapter] 8. I now have the pleasure to inform you that I amauthorised [authorized] by these Cherokees to receive their money due from
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The United States and to deposit it in the State Bank of North Carolina or some other safe institution, applicable alone to the purposes of removing and subsisting one year after their arrival all who may subsequently desire to remove to the lands assigned them west of the Mississippi. In doing this it is deemed [added text: that ] they have acted in good faith and in accordance with correct policy, such as it is hoped will meet the approbation of that state in which they reside, whose statue Books [added text: have never been disgraced ] by Legislative enactments calculated to oppress or distress the poor and unfortunate Indians within her territory. But on the contrary granted their humble request, and extended around them the protection of her laws. In doing this she not only caused the hearts of several hundred of this unfortunate race to rejoice, but gave an evidence to the World of her justice and philanthropy.
Yours & c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]
N.B. I shall remain in this place until the 5 of next month and would be much obliged to you for an answer whilst here --