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The following documents in this file concern claims made in relation to the Price Raid, Quantrill Raid, war claims, and the Cheyenne Native American raid. This description only covers a few of the claims made in this file. A claim filed on November 29, 1878, by A. N. and B. W. Chadsey of Cherokee, Kansas, state the losses sustained on the sheep caused by the raid of the Cheyenne Native Americans equaled to $678. A letter on January 18, 1877, from G. W. Brown, states he was in the Price Raid and has received his scrip in which he sent to Topeka but has not collected any money and asks for the Governor's help. A letter on April 20, 1878, from J. S. Beller Jr., informs Governor Anthony he has military scrips issued from Topeka in 1867 and asks what he can get for them.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1877-1879: Anthony)
Date: 1878
Item Number: 454048
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor George Tobey Anthony, Correspondence Files, Subject Files, Box 2 Folder 16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454048
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Anthony, George Tobey
Date - 1870s - 1878
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Anthony, George Tobey
Military - Wars - Civil War - Price's Raid
Military - Wars - Civil War - Quantrill's raid
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
People - Notable Kansans - Anthony, George Tobey, 1824-1896
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Claims
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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