Papers

Creator: Kansas. Governor (1863-1865 : Carney)

Date: 1863 June-September

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Microfilm reel MS 888.02

Unit ID: 218220

Abstract: Duplicates or drafts of official letters, 12 items, sent by Governor Thomas Carney to federal officials relating to Major General James Blunt, describing the situation in Kansas & damage done by Confederate raiders, stating what he think needs to be done, requesting additional troops to protect the State, and conferring military commissions. The letters are addressed to President Abraham Lincoln; Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Major General John McAllister Schofield, commander of the United States Army's Department of the Missouri; and others.
Arranged generally chronologically.
Originals of some letters at the Kansas Collection, University of Kansas libraries (Lawrence).

Space Required/Quantity: 1 partial microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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