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These letters, telegrams, and other business and political/military correspondence involve Thomas C. Stevens or Governor Thomas Carney. Carney and Stevens had opened the first wholesale house in Leavenworth together in the spring of 1858. This collection contains many of Governor Carney's personal papers, not found in his administration records collection. In two letters, dated September 3, 1863, Major General John McAllister Schofield, commander of the Department of the Missouri for the Union Army, writes to Governor Carney accepting the services of the Kansas militia to help protect border towns. He also announces his intentions to "publish an order prohibiting all armed men, not in the service of the United States from passing the Missouri line." This correspondence also includes a number of telegrams that Governor Carney received from various individuals. Thomas Ewing Jr., commander of the District of the Border, wrote to Carney on August 27, 1863 asking him to use his influence to prevent a raid into Missouri in retaliation for Quantrill's Raid. Samuel R. Curtis, commander of the Army of the Border, wrote to Carney on June 7, 1864 reporting on bushwhackers and hostile Indians.
Date: 1861-1864
Item Number: 225860
Call Number: Thomas C. Stevens Coll. #510, Box 1 Folders 1-2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225860
Collections - Manuscript - Stevens, Thomas C.
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Date - 1861-1869 - 1864
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Department of War
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Carney, Thomas
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888
People - Notable Kansans - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Places - Cities and towns - Paola
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
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