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The documents in this file concern the military in the State of Kansas. This description does not cover all the documents in this file. A letter on April 17, 1876, from T. L. Green, states he recommended Horace Cooper of Beloit, Kansas to the Attorney General, and requests twenty guns and 1000 cartridges. A letter from Lieutenant D. C. Taylor, asking for authorization to raise a company of volunteers to march against the Native Americans if Kansas is called upon to do so. A letter on October 7, 1874, from Chief of Ordinance, S. V. Benit, in relation to the issue of 2000 carbines on Governor Osborn's application and requests the arms the state received during the war to be turned into the Ordinance Department at the Rock Island Arsenal Base.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1873-1877 : Osborn)
Date: 1873, 1874, 1876
Item Number: 454162
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Thomas Andrew Osborn Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 4 Folder 67
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454162
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Date - 1870s - 1873
Date - 1870s - 1874
Date - 1870s - 1876
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Attorney General
Military - Service - Recruiting - Recruits
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - American Indians - Tribes
People - Notable Kansans - Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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