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Materials from and about the Union League of America, for the Kansas state office and for some of the local councils. It includes letters, a list of rejected candidates for the League, meeting minutes for an 1863 meeting of the Humboldt Council in Allen County and related reports, and a record book for 1863 for the Wathena, Doniphan County chapter. There is also a history of the League in Kansas, written by D. W. Houston of Garnett, Anderson County, for the Kansas State Historical Society. Two charters are also included for the local councils of DeSoto and Junction City. The purpose of the organization was to promote loyalty to the "Union" during the Civil War.
Date: 1862 - 1865
Item Number: 40649
Call Number: Union League of America History Coll. #649
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 40649
Collections - Manuscript - History - Union League of America
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Date - 1861-1869 - 1864
Date - 1861-1869 - 1865
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Charter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Minutes
Places - Cities and towns - De Soto
Places - Cities and towns - Humboldt
Places - Cities and towns - Junction City
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Wathena
Places - Counties - Allen
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Charter
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records - Minutes
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/40649
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