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This item is correspondence received by the Adjutant General's Office. Josiah B. McAfee succeeded Thomas J. Anderson as Kansas Adjutant General in August 1867. The correspondence includes letters from citizens seeking to reenter the armed forces, orders for the disarmament of state militia arsenals, and claims for service records and pensions. A letter, dated June 25, 1867, from former Kansas Governor Charles Robinson, states that a list of officers commissioned during his term is no longer in his possession. Also included are several statements taken by district court clerk Mitchell G. Williams in New Albany, Wilson County, Kansas, regarding the theft and killing of horses by Osage Indians.
Creator: Kansas. Adjutant General's Office
Date: 1867
Item Number: 227326
Call Number: Kansas Adjutant General, General correspondence, 1866-1869, Folders 3-4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227326
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Crawford, S. J. (Samuel Johnson)
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Civil War - Price's Raid
Military - Weapons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
Places - Cities and towns - New Albany
Places - Counties - Wilson
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records
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