- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1840 Jan. 30, Washington City, D.C. [to] J[ohnson] W. King, Murphey [i.e., Murphy], N[orth] C[arolina] / [William Holland Thomas] 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 wt165.
- Date of Original:
- 1840-01-30
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Ross, John, 1790-1866 - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is an extract of a letter from William Holland Thomas to J. W. King at the Murphy store, dated January 30, 1840. Thomas updates King on matters related to the Eastern Cherokee claims and mentions the activities of Principal Chief John Ross and his delegation in Washington.
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:
- wt165
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt165
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt165#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt165/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 DC.
January 30, 1840,
J.W. King Murphey NC
The [added text: action of the ] secretary of War on the decision of cherokee claims is not yet obtained -- presume it will in a few days. yesterday I was called on by the Commissioner of IA [Indian Affairs] . to make the proper estimates in relation thereto. I have reason to believe the result will be favorable, I dem [deem] it best to stay until I get it in a safe situation. Ross has not been recived [received] but but [but] he may -- yet suceed [succeed] through some of his Delegation to get hold of some more of the Cherokee money. Lewis Ross is authorised [authorized] to recive [receive] it