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Livestock: Alleged theft of Indian cattle

Date: 1865-1867

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1867, are from Coffey County Kansas officials and Missouri government officials to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford regarding the theft of Native American cattle. The letters…

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Lands

Date: 1865-1868

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1868, are from government officials, companies, and other individuals regarding land to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. They wrote about illegal cutting of lumber along a…

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Justices of the peace

Date: 1868

These letters, spanning 1868, are from county officials regarding the Justices of the Peace to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The county officials wrote either to resign from, apply for, or…

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Justices of the peace

Date: 1865 - 1867

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1867, are from county officials regarding the Justices of the Peace to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The county officials wrote, some with signed petitions, recommending…

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Indians

Date: October - November, 1868

These letters, spanning October through November, 1868, are from local, state, and out of state government officials regarding Native American affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote about…

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Indians

Date: January - September, 1868

These letters, spanning January through September, 1868, are from local, state, and out of state government officials regarding Native American affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote about…

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Indians

Date: 1867

These letters, spanning 1867, are from local and state government officials regarding Native American affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote reports, personal opinions, about establishing a battalion…

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Immigration

Date: 1865-1868

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1868, are from government officials, organizations, newspaper companies, and other individuals to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford regarding immigration. They wrote about various topics on immigration…

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Federal government

Date: 1865-1868

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1868, are from federal government agencies regarding to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford their affairs with Kansas. The government agencies included were the General Land Office,…

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Criminal matters

Date: 1865-1868

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1868, are from government officials regarding criminal matters to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote about individual cases, pardons, hangings, and requisitions.

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County affairs: Wilson

Date: 1865

This letter, dated March 29, 1865, is from county officials regarding Wilson County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote, with a signed petition, a list of…

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County affairs: Saline

Date: 1868

These letters, spanning 1868, are from Saline County Kansas officials regarding the county’s affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote either resigning from their office or recommending individuals…

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County affairs: Ottawa

Date: February 22, 1868

This letter, dated February 22, 1868, is from Ottawa County Kansas officials regarding the county’s affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote, with a signed petition, recommending Samuel…

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County affairs: Morris

Date: 1865

These two letters, dated April 18 and September 11, 1865, are from R. B. Lockwood, the Morris County Kansas clerk, regarding the county’s affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Lockwood…

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County affairs: Jackson

Date: 1867-1868

These letters, spanning 1867 to 1868, are from county officials regarding Jackson County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote, with petitions, recommending either the appointment of…

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County affairs: Howard

Date: 1867

This letter, dated May 25, 1867, is from Howard County Kansas officials and residents regarding the county’s affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The signed official petition requests the organization…

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County affairs: Greenwood

Date: 1865

This letter, dated August 1, 1865, is from a Greenwood County Kansas official regarding the county’s affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The letter lists the recommended individuals for sheriff…

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County affairs: Ellsworth

Date: 1867

This letter, dated December 18, 1867, is from James Miller regarding Ellsworth County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Miller wrote about the rejection of election returns from their…

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County affairs: Ellis

Date: 1867-1868

These letters, spanning 1867 to 1868, are from Ellis County Kansas officials regarding their general affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. The officials wrote about the organization of the county,…

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County affairs: Dickinson

Date: 1868

This letter, dated May 4, 1868, is from M. Nicolay, probate judge, regarding Dickinson County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Nicolay wrote resigning as probate judge and recommending…

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County affairs: Davis

Date: 1865-1868

These letters, spanning 1865 to 1868, are from county officials regarding Davis County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Some county officials tendered their resignation as either sheriff or…

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County affairs: Crawford

Date: 1868

These two letters, dated April 16, 1868 and July 30, 1868, are from Levi Hatch, probate judge, and D. W. Crouse, chair of the Crawford County Kansas Board of Commissioners,…

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County affairs: Cloud

Date: 1868

This letter, dated September 10, 1868, is from A. A. Carnahan regarding Cloud County Kansas affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Carnahan wrote requesting the governor to appoint John S.…

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County affairs: Clay

Date: 1868

This letter, dated April 15, 1868, is from Thomas Sherwood, the Chair of the Clay County Kansas Board of Commissioners, regarding the county’s affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. Sherwood…

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County affairs: Cherokee

Date: 1867-1868

These letters, spanning 1867 to 1868, are from Cherokee County Kansas officials and citizens regarding the county’s affairs to Kansas Governor Samuel Crawford. One letter requests the establishment of a…