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Letters of Thomas Carney

Creator: Kansas. Governor (1863-1865 : Carney)

Date: 1863-1864

Level of Description: Coll./Record Group

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: MICROFILM: MS 888.02

Unit ID: 48854

Abstract: Duplicates or drafts of official letters sent by Kansas Governor Thomas Carney to federal officials relating to Major General James Blunt, describing the situation in Kansas & damage done by Confederate raiders, stating what he think needs to be done, requesting additional troops to protect the State, and conferring military commissions. The letters are addressed to President Abraham Lincoln; Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton; Major General John McAllister Schofield, commander of the United States Army’s Department of the Missouri; and others.

Space Required/Quantity: 1 partial microfilm reel ; 35 mm

Title (Main title): Letters of Thomas Carney

Titles (Other):

  • Papers
  • Letters [Microfilm box title]

Locators:

No Locators Identified

Microfilm:

  • MS 888 no. 2:

Related Records or Collections

Associated materials:

Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888. Thomas Carney family papers, 1832-1938, 0.5 linear feet (1 document case + 1 oversize box), Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas (Lawrence): collection RH VLT MS 1161; https://archives.lib.ku.edu/repositories/3/resources/2585>

Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888. Thomas Carney correspondence, 1862-1874, 1 folder (12 items), Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas (Lawrence): collection RH MS P299; https://archives.lib.ku.edu/repositories/3/resources/2038

Related materials:
Kansas. Governor (1863-1865 : Carney). Records of the Kansas Governor's Office : administration of Governor Thomas Carney (1863-1865), 1863-1865, 0.4 ft. (24 folders) + 1 v. (unpaged), State Archives records, KHS: RG 252, 1863-1865 (Carney) (UID 224923); https://www.kshs.org/archives/224923

Index Terms

Subjects

    Kansas. Governor (1863-1865 : Carney)
    United States. Army. Department of the Missouri
    United States. Army -- Officers
    United States. War Dept.
    Kansas -- Description and travel
    Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage
    Kansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements
    United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage
    United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements
    Blunt, James G. (James Gillpatrick), 1826-1881
    Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888
    Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Creators and Contributors


Agency Classification:

    Kansas State Agencies. Governor's Office. Specific Administrations. Carney, Thomas Administration.

Additional Information for Researchers

Holder of originals: Originals of some letters at the Kansas Collection, University of Kansas libraries (Lawrence).