- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1846 Dec. 29, Raleigh, [North Carolina to] W[illia]m H. Thomas, Washington City, D.C. / George W. Hayes: machine-readable transcription of an image
- Creator:
- Hayes, George W., fl. 1846
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 William Holland Thomas , box 1, folder 2, document wt188.
- Date of Original:
- 1846-12-29
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
North Carolina. General Assembly - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from George W. Hayes to William H. Thomas, dated December 29, 1846. Hayes states that he has received Thomas' memorial for the Cherokees but has yet to present it, and he mentions that Cherokee land bills are currently being reviewed by the Senate and House. Hayes also says that a bill will pass in favor of Junaluska, a prominent Eastern Cherokee.
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:
- wt188
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt188
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt188#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt188/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Raleigh
Dec 29 1846
Wm [William] H Thomas Esqr [Esquire]
Dear sir
your favor of the
26 was Recd [Received] this morning and Mr [unclear text: Stephen ] Whitaker being here I Drop you A few lines by him I am still here and Expect to Remaine [Remain] here till the
15 of January I Recd [Received] your memorial for the Cherokees I have not persented [presented] it yet but will Do so to morrow [tomorrow] I Can not [Cannot] say what Will be tis fate but would be glad you could gite her [get here] at sum Erley [some Early] Day to Derect [Direct] the Cours [Course] you Wished persued [pursued] in it through out [throughout] the Cherokee land bill is still in the senate and one in the Commons Mr Whitaker Can tell you all about the one in the Commons and I send you A prented [printed] bill of the one in the Senate you Can see the propositions thare [there] to Despose [Dispose] of the Surrender land I have herd [heard] nothing of the Claim for monts [months] that you was trying to gite [get] for me I hop [hope] you will Rite [Write] me if you Dont Com [Don't Come] on in A shorte [short] time what or wether any thing [whether anything] will be got on it or not I am Anxious to see you but as Mr Whitaker has bin [been] here sum Dayes [some Days] & Can tell you of more then [than] I Could Write I will stop for the presrent [present] the bill will pass for janaluskee
Page: [2]
giving him the land mentioned to you the bill Dos [Does] not place it in [added text: his ] power to sell or Dispose of it in Any way onley [only] two years at atime [a time] Receive so for your self [yourself]
my best wishes
[Signed] G [George] W Hayes
To Wm [William] H Thomas Esqr [Esquire]
Page: [3]
George W. Hayes
Raleigh
Dec 29, 1846
relating to legislation &c. [et cetera]
says the Bill does not authorize Chunaluska to dispose of his land in any way beyond two years at a time,
Wm [William] H Thomas Esqr [Esquire] Washington City D.C.