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Kansas

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Evan Jones to United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole, January 21, 1862

 Item — Folder 1152: [Barcode: 187.1152]
Identifier: 4026.1349-.5
Description

Letter from Evan Jones in Lawrence Kansas to United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs W. P. Dole regarding Chief John Ross' change from neutrality to support of Confederacy. Two sheets of folded paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 1152

Dates: January 21, 1862

Letter from John W. Stapler to Chief John Ross, February 15, 1864

 Item — Folder 1208: [Barcode: 187.1208]
Identifier: 4026.1422
Description

Letter from John W. Stapler in Philadelphia to Chief John Ross referring to press insertions about Cherokee Difficulties. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on one page. Folder 1208

Dates: February 15, 1864

Letter from R. Moore to Mr. J. D. Yost concerning formation of an Anti-Horse Thief Association, September 4, 1901

 Item — Folder 575: [Barcode: 61.575]
Identifier: 4027.3540-.1
Description

R. Moore wrote from Foreman, Indian Territory to Mr. J. D. Yost in Ketchum, Indian Territory. The letter stated that he received the petition to starts an Anti-Horse Thief Association lodge at Black Jack School House. Moore thought there had been a mistake and asked Yost to contact him concerning the matter. Letter signed R. Moore Foreman P.O. Ind. Terry. Folder 575

Dates: September 4, 1901

Letter from Richard to Leigh referencing a hunting trip, the Cody "Gold Rush", Yellowstone Park and Buffalo Bill Museums, and Rockefeller and H. C. Bunpas, 3/1/1931

 Item — Folder 353: [Barcode: 127.353]
Identifier: 3826.2693
Description Folder 353 Transcript (DCI) [first page of multi-page letter] [handwritten in cursive with ink] [stationery with personal letterhead of four lines centered at top of page: “WILL RICHARD”, “SCULPTOR-TAXIDERMIST”, “THE CODY MUSEUM”, “CODY, WYO.”] Mar 1 / 31Dear Leigh: - It looks as tho I never would get around to answer your long letter of over a month ago, but I received it just as I was about to start down to...
Dates: 3/1/1931

Letter from Superintendent of Indian Affairs W. G. Coffin to Chief John Ross, September 22, 1864

 Item — Folder 1256: [Barcode: 187.1256]
Identifier: 4026.1465
Description

Letter from Superintendent of Indian Affairs William G. Coffin at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Chief John Ross in Philadelphia reporting 5,000 bushels of corn cannot be delivered to Cherokee because capture of supply train at Cabin Creek has made teamster rates excessive. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1256

Dates: September 22, 1864

Manuscript Collection: Mary Jane Ross

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1975.186
Collection Overview

Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: A collection of letters, some written in Cherokee, receipts, birth and marriage certificates and newspaper clippings. Most letters are between Lewis and Henry Ross.

Dates: 1826 -1948

Map of Indian Territory, 1887

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.742
Description

Map of the Indian Territory Showing the Railways Built and Projected within Its Bounderies.

Dates: 1887