United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931840-01-20This is a letter to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, from William Holland Thomas, dated January 20, 1840. Thomas writes as legal representative of Betsy Woodward, a Cherokee woman who was awarded four thousand dollars but has never received the money. Thomas requests that the sum be paid to Woodward immediately because she has been financially compromised by its delay.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/jpegwt158engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas, box 1, folder 1, document wt158.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 Jan. 20, Washington City, [D.C. to] T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] of an imageText