- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Dec. 18, Washington City, [D.C. to] Ja[me]s Perry, Madisonville, Ten[nessee] / 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 wt133.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-12-18
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Ross, John, 1790-1866 - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This letter, dated December 18, 1839, is from William Holland Thomas to James Perry. Thomas tells Perry that since his wife has been granted citizenship, she will be included on the rolls of the Eastern Cherokees. He also discusses Cherokee Chief John Ross's expected arrival in Washington and mentions that the report on the Eastern Cherokee claims is still being reviewed by the Secretary of War.
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:
- wt133
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt133
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt133#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt133/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
Dec 18, 1839
Jas. [James] Perry Esqr, [Esquire] Madisonville, Ten
Sir,
your letter of the
3d inst [instant] enclosing your power of attorney was not recived [received] until this morning. your requests therein contained so far as I can will be complied with your wife having been allowed citizenship will I presume entitle me to inroll [enroll] her name on the list of Cherokees remaining East
Jno [John] Ross & Delegates are expected here shortly and it is ascertained they have been making arrangements to get the percapita [per capita] all paid over to the treasurer of the nation -- but in this I calculate I shall be able to disappoint him so far as those East whose claims I have filed are concerned but it is probable he will be able to accomplish his purpose with the balance as I hear he has got a majority of of [of] the Cherokees to sanction such a course.
The secretary of War has not yet completed his action on the Commissioners report on the Cherokee business but informs me he expects to get through shortly Immediately thereafter I will inform you thereof give my respects to your wife as well as to your brother and family --
yours & c [etcetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]