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Crime and criminals, Miscellaneous

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Creator: Kansas. Governor (1877-1879: Anthony)

Date: 1877 - 1878

Level of Description: Folder

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor George Tobey Anthony, Correspondence Files, Subject Files, Box 3 Folder 19

Unit ID: 454072

Space Required/Quantity: [Not stated]

Title (Main title): Crime and criminals, Miscellaneous

Part of: Records of the Kansas Governor's Office. Records of the Kansas Governor's Office : administration of Governor George Tobey Anthony (1877-1879). Governor George Tobey Anthony correspondence received. Subject files.

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Scope and content: The documents in this file pertain to various matters concerning crime and criminals in Kansas. J. A. Wells of Lawrence, Kansas, asks Governor Anthony if he knows of anyone wanted by the State of Kansas that engaged in the massacre and burning of Lawrence during the Quantrill Raid. A letter on August 21, 1877, from G. M. Doolittle of Lampasas, Texas, requests a list of the fugitives from Kansas and what they are charged with. A letter on October 13, 1877, from the F. E. Wilson, Sheriff of Comanche, Texas, writes to requests a list of fugitives from Kansas. The remainder of the documents are Special Orders from the Army Headquarters in Washington, D.C., by the direction of the Secretary of War, concerning the sentences of specific individuals.

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