United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931840-01-20This 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.text/htmlimage/jpegwt157engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt157.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 AffairsCherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.[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 imageText