United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032Thomas, William Holland, 1805-18931857-11-11This document is a letter from William H. Thomas, legal representative of the North Carolina Cherokees, dated November 11, 1857 to the acting Secretary of the Treasury regarding a number of treaties, acts, and resolutions specific to the payment of annuities to the eastern Cherokees. Thomas quotes from several of these legal documents in arguing for the appropriate payments due the North Carolina Cherokees and pointing out obvious discrepancies in the federal policies. This document was originally bound with the following documents in the Southeastern Native American Documents Database: wtp081 wtp082 wtp083 wtp084.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/jpegwtp080engMode 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 17, document 08.Cherokee Indians--ClaimsCherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893[Letter], 1857 Nov. 11, Washington City [to the] Secretary of the Treasury / W[illia]m H. ThomasText