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Indians

Date: 1882

This file includes letters and telegraphs from citizens in various counties in Kansas informing Kansas Governor St. John of recent Native American raids and requesting additional officers and arms as…

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John Brown, statement on the Battle of Osawatomie

Date: September 7, 1856

Eight days after the Battle of Osawatomie, John Brown gave this detailed account of the fighting between abolitionist and pro-slavery forces. Brown’s son Frederick was killed early in the battle.…

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Immigration : Negro exodus

Date: April 1879

This file includes several letters to Kansas Governor St. John regarding the emigration of African Americans into the State of Kansas. One letter comes from an individual named Cain Sartain,…

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Garfield monument fund

Date: 1881-1882

A letter from J. H. Wade, W. B. Perkins, and J. Perkins appoint Kansas Governor St. John as General Manager with the task of raising funds in Kansas for the…

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Freedman’s Institute, Relief Association

Date: 1882

This file includes correspondence relating to the Kansas Freedman’s Relief Association (KFRA) which is part of a larger collection of Kansas Governor St. John Correspondence. A letter asks the Governor…

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Freedman’s Institute, Relief Association

Date: 1881

This file includes correspondence relating to the Kansas Freedman’s Relief Association (KFRA) which is part of a larger collection of Kansas Governor St. John Correspondence. Letters from residents of Kansas,…

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Freedman’s Institute, Relief Association

Date: 1879-1880

Letters to Kansas Governor St. John concerning the Kansas Freedman’s Relief Association (KFRA). The letters are from residents in Kansas informing the Governor they are contributing money towards the relief…

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Soldiers’ reunions

Date: 1879-1881

This file includes documents related to various celebratory events sent to Kansas Governor St. John for support. In one letter a person asks Kansas Governor St. John for assistance in…