Letters received

Scope and content: One folder pertaining to appointments and seven folders of subject files. The folders are in the same box as the last part of Governor S. J. Crawford’s records and continue the folder numbering of that box. Correspondence received during Green’s governorship has been placed in his files even though it may have been addressed to Crawford. The one folder of appointments (no. 23), 1868 November – 1869 January, relates solely to commissioners of deeds for Kansas in other States and contains requests for appointments. The seven folders of Subject Files address a variety of issues that occurred during Green’s administration, but because of his brief tenure, the number of topics is not as extensive as his predecessor or successor. The County Affairs file (folder 24), 1868 November - December, contains documents of counties’ probate judge resignations with replacement recommendations and county election protests. The Criminal Matters file (folder 25), 1868 November - December, pertains to letters of executive requisition to other States for the surrender of prisoners for crimes committed in Kansas; there is also a chart showing executive pardons ending December 31st, 1868. The Indians file (folder 26), 1868 [not before November 6] - December 4, is a letter of petition requesting a company of 50 soldiers to camp near Republic County to thwart off possible Indian hostilities upon new Scandinavian settlers. The Justices of the Peace file (folder 27), 1868 November - December, contains resignations and petitions for the office of justice of the peace. The Notaries Public file (folder 28), 1868 November 7 - 25, contains applications for appointments to the office of notary public. The Railroads file (folder 29), 1868 December 2, requests the governor accompany the Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad commissioners on 9 December 1868 in Kansas City to inspect a completed rail section on the Kansas - Missouri border. The Relief file (folder 30), 1868 November 11 - 24, pertains to State reimbursements of freight charges for crops transported to active service militia, rail passes for victims of Indian raids to evacuate homelands and militia expenses for frontier operations. An “Account of Sales of Agricul’l College Lands, from Sept. 24, 1868, to Jan. 16, 1869,” during the Crawford and Green administrations, submitted by I. T. Goodnow, agent, 1869 February 10, is in the records of Governor James Madison Harvey, Correspondence Files (series 193414), State Agency Files (subseries 2), Agricultural College folder (file unit 1) (records of Governor Harvey’s administration, box 3, folder 1A).

Contents: Appointments (commissioners of deeds), 1868 Nov.-1869 Jan. (folder 23) -- subject files, 1868 Nov.-Dec. (folders 24-30).