- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1840 Jan. 20, Washington City, [D.C. to] T. Hartley Crawford, Com[missioner] [of] I[ndian] A[ffairs] / 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 wt157.
- Date of Original:
- 1840-01-20
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Cherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter from William Holland Thomas to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated January 20, 1840. Thomas encloses the powers of attorney (no longer attached) for two Cherokee couples, Thomas and Katie Raper and Jesse and Polly Raper. He argues that the said persons are owed payment for relinquished reservation property. Also originally enclosed with this letter was a certificate regarding the qualifications of the Rapers to transact their business and become citizens.
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:
- wt157
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt157
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt157#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt157/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]
[added text: Powers of atto [attorney] of the undernamed filed. -- no. 7 no 8. ]
Washington City
Jan 20. 1840
Hon [Honorable] T. Hartley Crawford Com I A [Commissioner of Indian Affairs]
Sir.
I herewith enclose you the powers of attorney of Thomas Raper and his wife Katie. Jesse Raper and his wife Polly who formerly belonged to the cherokee nation East were citizenised under the provisions of the 1st act of the treaty of
1835. At present residing in Cherokee Cty [County] NC. As their attorney in fact respectfully ask [added text: the ] pay ment [payment] of the sums awarded them by the board of Cherokee Commissioners for their reservations relinquished by the 1st article of the suppliment [supplement] to said treaty which appear on reservation Books as follows,
Thos. [Thomas] Raper [added text: s ] reservation claim no [number] 102. 5420
As heir of Alexander McDaniel. no [number] 105. 159.50
$5579.50
Jesse Rapers claim no [number] 103 -- 6507
As heir of Alexander McDaniel [added text: 105 ] 159.50
$6666.50
In consequence of the above reparations having been relinquished claimants were compelled to purchase their lands of the state of NC at the public sale held in Franklin in
sept 1838 for a larger sum than was awarded them by the us Commissioners. And in anticipation of reciving [receiving] their money from the us gave them bonds payable to the state of NC in
sept 1839. on my representation suit has been suspended by the treasurer of the state but unless payment be made immediately suit will be commenced which will occasion claimants to sustain considerable less in Commissions & costs. As to the qualifications of the above persons to transact their business and become citizens refer you to certificate marked A enclosed
& c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]