- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Nov. 4, Washington City, D.C. [to] T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs / W[illia]m H. Thomas
- Creator:
- Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt097.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-11-04
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Cherokee Indians--Government relations - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from William Holland Thomas to the T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated November 4, 1839. Thomas submits an argument on behalf of the Cherokees remaining East for Crawford's consideration. The enclosed argument is no longer attached.
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:
- wt097
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt097
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt097#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt097/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2058 William Holland Thomas, 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
November 4, 1839
Hon. [Honorable] T. Hartley Crawford Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Sir
As further evidence and explanation of the rights and situation of Cherokees remaining East of the Mississippi, I beg leave to submit for your consideration the enclosed argument. The original papers therein refered [referred] to accompany the same as evidence of the facts therein stated
very respectfully yours obt sevt [obedient servant]
[Signed] Wm. [William] H Thomas