- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Dec. 4, Washington City, [D.C. to] J[ohnson] W. King, Murphey [i.e., Murphy, North 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 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt124.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-12-04
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs - 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 December 4, 1839, from William Holland Thomas to Johnson W. King. Thomas discusses business matters and says that he will return home as soon as the Secretary of War has completed his review of the report on Cherokee claims submitted by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The enclosure mentioned, an argument relative to the Eastern Cherokees, 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:
- wt124
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt124
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt124#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt124/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
(Extract)
Washington City
Dec 4 1839
JW King Murphey
recd [received] your letter of the
17th ultimo on yesterday submitted your fathers proposal to the post office Department for carrying the mail the proposal could not be considered until an answer was recd [received] from Mr Edmundston, who proposed to carry it for $200 as did [unclear text: vandike an vannoy ] .
In relation to the tanyard dont think it advisable to commence it before my return and if we conclude to commence will not be expedient for us to do so before next spring. In relation to the purchase of Mr Axeleys interest in Hollands field I have no recollection of having made any agreement with him in relation thereto but if on my return he can satisfy me that any such agreement was made either verbal or in writing I will endeavor to comply with it I recollect stating to Mr Axely if he gained the land I would like to purchase it or if I could purchase all the titles and thereby put an end to the litigation I would be willing to do so provided the aggregate amount
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did not exceed the amount I considered the land worth to me. I presume I will not have the opportunity of attending to the business of Mr Ledford I may see some person from Shanandoah Cty [County] who I can get to attend to it hereafter.
I saw the Secretary of War on yesterday he informs me he will complete his action on the commissioners report in a very short time immediately thereafter I design returning home unless something takes place more than I know of at present
I have this day inclosed you an other [another] argument in which you will percive [perceive] the ground I have taken for the Eastern Cherokees
yours & c [et cetera]
[Signed] W. [William] H. Thomas