- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Dec. 17, Washington City, [D.C. to] Jno. [i.e., John] F. Gillaspie, Nashville, [Tennessee] / 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 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt131.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-12-17
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Treaties
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 letter, dated December 17, 1839, is from William Holland Thomas to John F. Gillaspie. Thomas explains that the Secretary of War has not yet completed his review of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs report on Eastern Cherokee claims. He also mentions the case of Betsey Woodward.
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:
- wt131
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt131
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt131#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt131/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]
(Extract)
Washington City
Dec [December] 17, 1839
Jno [John] F. Gillaspie Nashville
your favor of the
8th inst [instant] was received this morning. It seems you did not recive [receive] my letter of the
2d sept in which I gave you the information now desired. In relation to your claims on reserves and filing your protest and arguments I wrote you on the
2d inst [instant] informing you the Com. [Commissioner] had completed his report and Submitted it to the Secretary of War -- his [he] has not completed his action thereon but is progressing with it as fast as he can Calculates getting through shortly consider it uncertain If we had an attorney general here now he could be of some service to the claimants by deciding some questions which arrise [arise] in the construction of the treaty and would probably thereby facilitate the business I shall remain until it is disposed of and unless you come on will inform you of the result at Madisonville
Betsey Woodward is here and like to be by her telling that she was from Arkansaw presume she can not [cannot] be paid until the difficulties with the Cherokees there are settled unless the Secretary will change his order in relation to her individual case I had placed her on the list of the Cherokees East. I mention the foregoing for your information only -- House had elected Hunter speaker
& c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]