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County affairs: Chase

Date: 1868

These two letters, dated April 11, 1868, are from J. B. Smith and W. R. Brown, county officials, regarding Chase County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Smith wrote…

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County affairs: Butler

Date: 1867

This letter, dated October 2, 1867, is from A. H. Morshead, county clerk, regarding Butler County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Morshead wrote about the Board of Commissioners’…

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County affairs: Allen

Date: 1865-1868

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1868, are from county officials regarding Allen County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The county officials wrote resignations from the sheriff and probate…

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Commissioners of deeds

Date: 1868

These letters, spanning 1868, are from government officials, out of state officials, and other individuals regarding the Commissioners of Deeds to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. They wrote about re-appointments, resignations,…

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Commissioners of deeds

Date: 1865-1867

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1867, are from government officials, out of state officials, and other individuals regarding the Commissioners of Deeds to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. They wrote about…

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Claims

Date: 1865-1867

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1867, are from Kansas company officials to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford regarding various claims. The company officials wrote asking for instructions for the purchase of…

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Bonds, State

Date: 1868

These letters, spanning 1868, are from Darius R. Mangam, the President of the National Trust Company of New York, regarding state bonds to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Mangam wrote about…

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Autograph and State seal

Date: 1865-1868

This document is from Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford regarding his autograph and the state seal. The document has Crawford’s signature on it as well as a stamp of the state…

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Applications: Penitentiary, Kansas State

Date: 1868

These letters, spanning January through March 1868, are from government officials and Kansas citizens to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford regarding the appointment of the warden for the Kansas State Penitentiary.…

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Applications: Miscellaneous posts

Date: 1865-1867

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1867, are from Kansas citizens to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford regarding appointments to various government offices. The positions they applied to included detective, state marshal,…

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Applications: Blind Asylum, Superintendent

Date: 1868

These letters, spanning February through March 1868, are from government officials and other individuals regarding the appointment of the superintendent for the Blind Asylum to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. They…

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Federal Government

Date: 1861-1862

This folder on Federal Government comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Charles Robinson Papers. These documents discuss the Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States…

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U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair

Date: 1864

This folder on U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Thomas Carney Papers. Thomas Carney was Kansas’ second state Governor, serving from 1863 to 1865.…

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School for the Deaf

Date: 1863

This folder on School for the deaf comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Thomas Carney Papers. Thomas Carney was Kansas’ second state Governor, serving from 1863 to 1865.…

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Quantrill Raid relief

Date: 1863 - 1864

This folder on Quantrill raid relief comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Thomas Carney Papers. Thomas Carney was Kansas’ second state Governor, serving from 1863 to 1865. He…

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Public documents

Date: 1864

This folder on Public documents comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Thomas Carney Papers. Thomas Carney was Kansas’ second state Governor, serving from 1863 to 1865. He was…

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Promotion of settlement

Date: 1863 - 1864

These letters, spanning 1863 to 1864, are from government officials to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney regarding emigration. They all wrote discussing legislation, in particular, a draft of an act to…

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Miscellaneous [sic]

Date: 1862 - 1864

These letters, spanning 1862 to 1864, are from the Secretary of State’s office, government officials, and other individuals regarding miscellaneous affairs to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney. The Secretary of State’s…

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Military affairs

Date: 1863 - 1864

These letters, spanning 1863 to 1864, are from government officials regarding military affairs to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney. They wrote about military orders, legislation, executive resolutions, appropriations for supplies, the…

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Legislature

Date: 1864

These letters, spanning 1864, are from the Kansas Senate Chamber and House of Representatives to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney regarding legislation. The correspondents wrote about resolutions on military, Kansas Counties,…

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Indians

Date: 1863

These letters, spanning 1863, are from Kansas citizens and the Department of the Interior office of Indian Affairs to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney regarding Native Americans. They wrote asking for…

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Federal government

Date: 1863 - 1864

These letters, spanning 1863 to 1864, are from federal government agencies to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney regarding their general affairs. The agencies that wrote included the Treasury Department, General Land…

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Emancipation of slaves

Date: 1863

B. W. Lewis Bros. of Glasgow, Missouri, writes Governor Thomas Carney of Topeka, Kansas, concerning its plan to send emancipated slaves to Kansas. The letter claims a high number of…

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Criminal matters

Date: 1863 - 1864

These letters, spanning 1863 to 1864, are from government officials and other individuals to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney regarding criminal matters. The correspondents wrote, with signed petitions, about individual cases…

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County affairs

Date: 1863 - 1864

These letters, spanning 1863 to 1864, are from county officials to Kansas Governor Thomas Carney regarding various Kansas County affairs . County officials wrote, with signed petitions, about the appointment…