United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931840-02-20This is a letter from William Holland Thomas to General B.S.(?) Britain, dated February 20, 1840. Thomas discusses matters pertinent to the payment of Eastern Cherokee claims. He mentions the activities of Principal Chief John Ross and his delegation and says that petitions from white settlers requesting the removal of the remainder of the Indians in the East are arriving 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/jpegwt168engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 1, document wt168.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 relationsCherokee Indians--TreatiesUnited States. Office of Indian AffairsRoss, John[Letter] 1840 Feb. 20, Washington City, [D.C. to] Gen[eral] B. S. [?] Britain, Franklin, N[orth] C[arolina] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas] of an imageText