- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1840 Jan. 25, Washington City, [D.C. to] Hyatt, McBurney [and] Co., Charleston, S[outh] 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 wt161.
- Date of Original:
- 1840-01-25
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter to Hyatt, McBurney, and Co., dated January 25, 1840, from William Holland Thomas. Thomas informs them of the most recent actions taken by the War Department in regard to the Cherokee claims and discusses the payment of a debt he owes.
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:
- wt161
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt161
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt161#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt161/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]
(Extract)
Washington City
Jan 25, 1840,
Hyatt McBurney & co [company] Charleston SC
I have been here since I wrote you before. The Secretary of War has completed his action on the Com [Commissioner's] . report -- Confirmed the claims allowed by him of which I informed you, The Cherokee agent has to transmit his return of the amount of money expended there before I can close my business for the cherokees may require me to remain here until some time in next month The state Bank of NC has proposed 5 percent on the Geo [Georgia] Rail road [Railroad] Bank 6. for the use of the cherokee funds. On the recept [receipt] your favor of the
24th ultimo I directed as I had done previous that what was owing in Charleston and else where [elsewhere] should immediately be paid and [unclear text: direct ] those charged with my business at home to use some of my private funds which should have been recived [received] last fall for that purpose. As yet I have not been informed of the amount paid. Will you therefore please enclose to me at this place the amount due you I will have the sum remitted by mail unless I can arrange my business to come on myself. Rapers claim is allowed but not yet paid.
yours & c [et cetera]
[Signed] W.H.T [William Holland Thomas]