United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931840This 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.text/htmlimage/jpegwt156engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt156.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Cherokee Indians--ClaimsCherokee Indians--Government relationsUnited States. Office of Indian Affairs[Letter 1840 to] J[ohnson] W. King, Murphey [i.e., Murphy], N[orth] C[arolina] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] of an imageText