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A letter on July 19, 1872, from General Manager, T. J. Peters, requests the Governor furnish guns and ammunition to the railroad force to protect themselves against Native American violence. A letter on February 27, 1869, from James Miller to Kansas Governor Harvey, requests information concerning the passage of the bill regulating railroad fares. A letter from Kansas Governor Harvey to J. D. Cox, Secretary of the Interior, Washington D. C. In the letter, Governor Harvey forwards a map showing the completed line of route of the Union Pacific Railway Southern Branch, now known as the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway. Many other documents in this file are not discussed but pertain to matters of the railroads in Kansas.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1869-1873 : Harvey)
Date: 1869 - 1872
Item Number: 453877
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor James Madison Harvey, Correspondence Files, Subject Files, Box 4 Folder 125
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453877
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 - State Government - Governors - Harvey, James Madison
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Harvey, James Madison, 1833-1894
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Legislative
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