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This folder on Missouri comes from the Correspondence series of the Governor Charles Robinson Papers. This record includes documents are a collection of a resolution adopted by the Missouri State Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 22, 1861. The resolution discusses the issue surrounding Missouri's connection with the Federal union. The papers also talk about the convention's opinions on the legislature of Missouri and of other states forming a convention to discuss amendments to the constitution, employing military forces by the Federal Government and their position to elect delegates to attend a convention held by the State of Virginia. Charles Robinson was Kansas' first state Governor, serving from 1861 to 1863. He was born in Massachusetts in 1818 and headed the New England Emigrant Aid Company's first colony to Kansas Territory in 1854.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1861-1863 : Robinson)
Date: 1861
Item Number: 453552
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Charles Robinson, Correspondence Files, Box 1 Folder 14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453552
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Robinson, Charles
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/453552