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Copies of correspondence both received and sent by Captain Henry Kuhn dating from after the Civil War until shortly before his death in 1898. Some of the letters are illegible. Much of the correspondence regards Kuhn's banking and other financial interests, particularly in Leavenworth, as well as other business and personal affairs, including during his time as an Indian agent in the Oklahoma area. Kuhn was county surveyor and township clerk in Atchison County, Indian agent in the Indian territory, publisher of a Marion County newspaper, and was otherwise a prominent Kansas citizen of the nineteenth century.
Creator: Kuhn, Henry, 1830-1900
Date: 1867-1898
Item Number: 212591
Call Number: Henry Kuhn Coll. #411, Box 2 Folders 1-4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212591
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Bankers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Publishers
Collections - Manuscript - Kuhn, Henry
Date - 1861-1869
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - Notable Kansans - Kuhn, Henry
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Marion
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Marion
Places - Other States - Indian Territory
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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