United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Peck, Nicholas S.1840-06-18This is a letter, dated June 18, 1840, from Nicholas S. Peck to William H. Thomas, legal representative for the Eastern Cherokees of North Carolina. Peck states that each head of an Indian family received 640 acres of land under the treaty of 1817, but when Andrew Jackson became President, those same families were forced to remove and abandon their land (and any improvements) in June of 1838 and told they would receive payment. Peck laments that no compensation has yet been received by those families. He also discusses several land claims and attempts to receive payment.Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegwtp005engMode 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/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, William H. Thomas Papers, box 01, folder 02, document 04.Cherokee Indians--ClaimsIndian land transfersTrail of Tears, 1838[Letter] 1840 June 18, Conasauga Plains [to] W[i]l[lia]m H. Thomas, Washington D.C. / Nicholas S. PeckText