Samuel Johnson Crawford papers 1889-1892

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Samuel Johnson Crawford papers 1889-1892

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Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas. The papers in the collection concern negotiations for settlement of a land sale in Oklahoma Territory for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe. Crawford, along with Matt G. Reynolds of St. Louis, D. B. Dyer of Kansas City, and John D. Miles of Oklahoma, was an attorney employed to prosecute a suit for the land by the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes. The correspondence is primarily between the four attorneys concerning their actions on behalf of the Indians.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Crawford, S. J. (Samuel Johnson), 1835-1913

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Samuel Johnson Crawford was the third governor of the State of Kansas, taking office January 9, 1865. He is the youngest man to have served as governor, being only 29 years old when elected. He resigned from office Nov. 4, 1868, in order to take command of the 19th Kansas Regiment. He died in Topeka, Kan., on Oct. 21, 1913. From the description of S.J. Crawford copies of letters sent and essay, 1868-1905. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 64664449 ...

Reynolds, Matt G.

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Miles, John DeBras, 1832-1925

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Dyer, Daniel B.

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