United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931840-02-08This is a letter, dated February 8, 1840, from William Holland Thomas to Joab L. Moore in Hamburg, South Carolina. Thomas discusses business matters and debts involving his various stores. He also informs Moore about Cherokee affairs, including a delay in the payment of claims, the presence of Cherokee delegates from the West and a petition submitted by white settlers calling for the removal of the Indians remaining in the East.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/jpegwt166engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt166.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 relationsGeneral storesCherokee Indians--RelocationUnited States. Office of Indian Affairs[Letter] 1840 Feb. 8, Washington City, [D.C. to] Col[onel] Joab L. Moore, Hamburg, S[outh] C[arolina] / W[illia]m H. Thomas of an imageText