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- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter 1840 to] J[ohnson] W. King, Murphey [i.e., Murphy], N[orth] C[arolina] / 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 wt156.
- Date of Original:
- 1840
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This letter (most likely written in 1840) is from William Holland Thomas to J. W. King in Murphy, North Carolina. Thomas explains that the Secretary of War has yet to make his decision on the Cherokee claims but that he is expected to in a few days. Thomas also mentions some matters of business.
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:
- wt156
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt156
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt156#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt156/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]
JW King Murphey NC,
Secretary War has not decided Cherokee claims, may do so in a few days
The sang [ginseng] has been recived [received] if [unclear text: Posey ] has managed well in others thing will give him a chance for himself The scarcity of money makes it important I should get possession of my private funds. then could loan to the stores, and wait until it was collected & stay at home until I return I will then stay and let you take a trip,
yours & c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]