Kansas Governor Thomas Carney letters & other items received and an index to letters sent, 1861-1863.

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Kansas Governor Thomas Carney letters & other items received and an index to letters sent, 1861-1863.

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Letters and other documents received during the administration of Thomas Carney, one term governor of the State of Kansas from 1863 to 1865. Subjects include appointments to public offices, the sale of bonds, State and territorial matters, college and university lands, county affairs, criminal matters, emancipation of slaves, federal government interventions, Indian affairs, legislative issues, military affairs, promotion of settlements, distribution of public documents, Quantrill Raid relief, the Kansas School for the Deaf, and the United States Sanitary Commission. Also included is an "index" (register) of letters sent by Gov. Carney, 1864, but the letters are not extant. Additional records of Governor Carney's administration are in separate series common to several governors including an Executive register, 1861-1879, and an Executive register (Secretary's minutes), 1861-1864.

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