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A letter from Brigadier Major General, John Pope, on February 11, 1873, informs the governor that he had a recent order from the president to withdraw the U.S. troops from the Cherokee neutral lands. A letter on April 9, 1873, states General Pope has ordered a camp of two companies of cavalry to the west and south of Wichita, with the instruction to scout in that vicinity and along the southern line of Kansas during the Summer. A telegraph asking Governor Osborn to apply to the Secretary of War for ammunition for the State Militia.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1873-1877 : Osborn)
Date: 1873, 1874, 1876
Item Number: 454161
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Thomas Andrew Osborn Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 4 Folder 66
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454161
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Date - 1870s - 1873
Date - 1870s - 1874
Date - 1870s - 1876
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Department of War
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
Places - Regions - Cherokee Neutral Lands
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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