- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1840 Jan. 25 , Washington City, [D.C.] to Hatch, Flemming [and] Co. / 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 wt162.
- 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, dated January 25, 1840, to Hatch, Flemming and Co. from William Holland Thomas. Thomas informs them that he has been delayed in Washington, attending to Cherokee claims and discusses payment of a debt that he owes them. A note at the close of the letter indicates that duplicates of this letter were sent out to other companies.
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:
- wt162
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt162
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt162#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt162/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
(Extract)
Washington City
Jan 25, 1840,
To Hatch Flemming & Co
Have been here since last Spring attending to the adjudication of Cherokee claims. the completion of which may require until some time [sometime] in next month
My partners at home entrusted with my mercantile business to pay the arrangements due as fast as they can As yet I have not been informed of the amount p
Page: [2]
aid. Will you please [deleted text: inform me ] enclose me the amount I am due you if (any) add to that amount two percent interest from the time you should been paid -- I will have the amount remitted you by mail unless I can arrange my business to come on myself
yours & c. [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]
Duplicate -- The same date To [unclear text: J. S. ] McCarter --
Duplicate in substance to [illegible text] & [illegible text] added to state the kind of fund [unclear text: receivable ] .