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This collection includes materials related to all aspects of James Barnes Whitaker's professional life, including his real estate business and his legal career, particularly for the pensioners he helped. He came to Tecumseh, Shawnee County in 1856 and worked there as a surveyor. In 1857, he moved to Topeka where he remained, serving as county sheriff, surveyor, and Topeka city engineer. He owned an abstract and real estate business in Topeka and was an attorney, representing numerous Civil War veterans in obtaining disability pensions, many of whom served in Kansas units. The collection consists of Whitaker's correspondence (arranged chronologically) and Whitaker's 1857 certificate of appointment as a U.S. Deputy Marshal.
Date: 1855-1909
Item Number: 228667
Call Number: James Barnes Whitaker Coll. #540, Box 1 - 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228667
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
Collections - Manuscript - Whitaker, James Barnes
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Department of Justice
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Department of War
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Treasury
Military - Veterans - Benefits
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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