United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931840-01-30This 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.text/htmlimage/jpegwt165engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt165.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 AffairsRoss, John, 1790-1866[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 imageText