Document: WT010
[Letter] 1839 June 20, Washington City, [D.C. to] Col[onel] Nicholas S. Peck, Wolverton p[ost] o[ffice], McMinn County, Ten[nessee] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas]
author: Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893
date: June 20, 1839
extent: 2p
summary: This is a letter dated June 20, 1839 to Colonel Nicholas S. Peck from William Holland Thomas regarding the delay in settling the Cherokee claims under the treaty of 1835 due to the absence of T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Thomas mentions that he will be handling individual business for the Cherokees as well. Also included in this document is notation indicating that a duplicate of this letter was sent to John F. Gillaspie in Madisonville, TN.
repository: Hoskins Special Colections Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
collection: MS2058 William Holland Thomas
box: 1
folder: 1
document: wt010
subject headings:Cherokee Indians--Treaties
Cherokee Indians--Claims
McMinn County (Tenn.)
Cherokee Indians--Government relations
United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Letters
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Washington City June 20th 1839
Dear Sir,
The absence of Mr. CrawfordCommissioner of Indian Affairs has occasioned considerable delay in our business. I availed myself of the earliest opportunity after his return to submit a question to the Department to ascertain if the decisions made by the Board of Commissioners would be regarded as final, having anticipated an answer for some time past, I delayed writing to you in to have have had the pleasure of furnishing you with a copy thereof but today in conversation with Mr Crawfordhe informed me he was inclined to think no final decision could be made until the proceeding of the Commissioners were examined and a report made thereon, to accomplish that he seems to think will require near three months, and the final decision of the Department will no doubt much depend upon the apparent justice or injustice done the claimants a due regard being had to the Commissioners having acted in strict[deleted: [illegible]] accordance with the treaty, Johnston Rogersis still here and insists on the decisions made by the Board of Commissioners being final agreeable to the treaty and such was the understanding of the parties to that instrument I think we have nothing to fear from an investigation the claims that have
Page: [2] [djvu image | jpg image]been approved of would no doubt be passed & many of the rejected claims would would be allowed by the Department as they would be apt to give a more liberal construction to the treaty than was given to it by the commissioners The individual business I have to attend to for cherokeeswill detain me here some time, The request Contained in your letters as far as I can [deleted: will] well [will] be Complied with
yours &c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]
Col Nicholas S. Peck
Wolvertonpo [post office],
McMinn Cty [County]Ten [Tennessee],
Washington City DC June 20th 1839
to Jno [John] F. GillespieEsq.
MadisonvilleMonroe Cty [County]E [East] Tennessee
a duplicate of the above in substance/
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