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 Washington City DC  
December 23, 1839  
Hon [Honorable]  T. Hartley Crawford Commissioner of IA [Indian Affairs]  
Sir, 
As the attorney in fact of Jno [John]  Welch a Cherokee I beg leave herewith to submit for your consideration his claim for property. which the removal of the Cherokees occasioned him to loose [lose]  in  
1838 amounting to $2990.00 with the evidence in support of the same.  
  
yours & c [et cetera]   
[Signed]  Wm. [William]  H. Thomas