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The documents in this file pertain to various matters concerning lands in the State of Kansas. The first letter on April 13, 1869, from C. McKeever, Assistant Adjunct General, discusses settlers on the Sac and Fox reservation and states no orders have been given to have the settlers removed. A letter from the Department of Interior, April 22, 1870, encloses a copy of a list of lands selected by the State of Kansas under the Act of September 4, 1841, granting 500,000 acres for internal improvement purposes. A letter on October 11, 1870, from L. A. Gronlund, requests a tax statement of taxes owed on the 7,000 acres land purchased by the Scandinavian Agricultural Society, in Republic County, Kansas. Additional documents address House Joint Resolution number one concerning Miami Native Americans and lands in Kansas, among other land matters.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1869-1873 : Harvey)
Date: 1869 - 1872
Item Number: 453870
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor James Madison Harvey, Correspondence Files, Subject Files, Box 4 Folder 118
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453870
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Harvey, James Madison
Date - 1861-1869 - 1869
Date - 1870s - 1870
Date - 1870s - 1871
Date - 1870s - 1872
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Land surveying
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Harvey, James Madison
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Land records
People - Notable Kansans - Harvey, James Madison, 1833-1894
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Land records
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