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This correspondence was sent and received by the Kansas Adjutant General's Office. Hiram T. Benam served as Adjutant General from 1876-1878 and Peter S. Noble served from 1878-1883. It includes inquiries made from men "anxious for organization" hoping to enlist militias in the towns of Parsons, Independence, Iuka, Lawrence, and Hutchinson. The collection also includes bill of ladings from the Kansas Pacific Railway and Rock Island (Illinois) Arsenal. Frequent correspondence was exchanged with Willis Brown, cashier for the State Bank of Kansas in Seneca, Kansas, Scott Hopkins of the Kansas University Cadets, John T. Bradley, a lawyer from Council Grove and member of the Kansas Senate from 1876 to 1880, F.C. Merrill, a lumber dealer from Paola, and E.D. Rose, a hardware dealer from Holton.
Creator: Kansas. Adjutant General's Office
Date: 1878
Item Number: 227402
Call Number: Kansas Adjutant General, General correspondence, 1878-1879, Folders 1-5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227402
Business and Industry - Manufacturing - Textiles
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Business and Industry - Retail - Hardware stores
Business and Industry - Retail - Lumber yards
Collections - State Archives - Adjutant General - Correspondence
Date - 1870s - 1878
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Anthony, George Tobey
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Adjutant General
Military - Equipment - Uniforms
Military - Weapons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Bill-of-sale
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Telegram
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Cities and towns - Holton
Places - Cities and towns - Hutchinson
Places - Cities and towns - Independence
Places - Cities and towns - Iuka
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Paola
Places - Cities and towns - Parsons
Places - Cities and towns - Seneca
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Jackson
Places - Counties - Labette
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Montgomery
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Counties - Nemaha
Places - Counties - Norton
Places - Counties - Pratt
Places - Counties - Reno
Places - Counties - Smith
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Military records - Military orders
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Telegrams
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