United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931839-09-29This is a letter from William Holland Thomas, dated September 29, 1839, to George W. Churchwell. Thomas tells Churchwell that he has filed 3000 claims on behalf of the Eastern Cherokees and most have been decided on favorably by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He also mentions legal issues relative to powers of attorney and that requests have been made of the War Department by John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees in the West, that may impact Eastern Cherokee claims.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/jpegwt077engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt077.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 relationsUnited States. Office of Indian Affairs[Letter] 1839 Sept. 29, Washington City, [D.C. to] Geo[rge] W. Churchwell, Knoxville, Ten[nessee] / W[illiam] H. Thomas of an imageText