- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1840 Jan. 30, Washington City, [D.C. to] T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs / 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 wt164.
- Date of Original:
- 1840-01-30
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Treaties
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 from William Holland Thomas to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated January 30, 1840. Thomas encloses the claim of William and H. Bryson against Nathan B. Hyatt, a deceased white man who was entitled to Cherokee privileges. The enclosure is no longer attached.
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:
- wt164
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt164
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt164#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt164/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]
Washington City
Jan 30. 1840
Hon [Honorable] T Hartley Crawford
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
I herewith enclose you the claim of Wm. & H Bryson of Augusta Geo. [Georgia] against Nathan B. Hyatt deceasd [deceased] for the sum of $249.17. Hyatt was a white man entitled to cherokee privileges. Improvements have been valued to his estate under the treaty of
1835 For which there is a sufficient amount due on book F to satisfy the above claim the payment of which it seems was provided for under the 9th article of the treaty.
yours & c [et cetera]
[Signed] W.H.T. [William Holland Thomas]