SIDNEY CLARKE COLLECTION
Box and Folder Inventory
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F 1: Legislation - Army Pay Raise.  S. 592[?], "to provide temporary increase of the pay of officers in the Army and for other purposes."

a. Fish, John F., to [Charles Reynolds] (January 31, 1867).  Re:  inclusion of post chaplains in Army pay raise bill.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Reynolds, Charles, to SC (February 8, 1867).  Re: forwarding of John F.  Fish's letter with request that SC call attention to need for inclusion of post chaplains.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 2: Legislation - Artificial Limbs.  [H. R. 103?].  Letter.  Boyle, G. W., to SC (January 1, 1866).  Re:  exempting artificial limbs from taxation, retaining troops in the south, fairness and impartiality of Gen. Carl Schurz's report.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet and 1 page; both sides.

F 3: Legislation - Assistant Assessors' Salaries.  Petition signed by F. Gleason et al. (1866), Re:  increase in salaries of Assistant Assessors to $5.00 a day.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 4: Legislation - Bankruptcy Law.  H. R. 598, "to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the U. S."

a. Ewing[?], T. B., to SC (February 10, 1866).  Re:  hope that bill will pass.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Sturgeon, Isaac H., to SC (December 18, 1866).  Re:  enclosure of memorial to Congress in regard to a general Bankruptcy law, and application to let in duty free iron for road.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 5: Legislation - Buildings, Government.  Letter.  Anthony, D. R., to SC (February 9, 1867).  Re:  appropriation for Leavenworth custom house, post office, Surveyor General's Office, Assessor's and Collector's offices.  Handwritten.  1 folded page; both sides.

F 6: Legislation - Claims, Indian Depredations.  Letters.  Douglas, John C., to SC (April 20 and December 4, 1866).  Re:  bill to appoint commission to provide for payment of claims for depredation by Indians.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

F 7: Legislation - Currency Circulation.  Letter.  Adams, D[aniel] M., to SC (December 3, 1866).  Re:  enclosure of item from telegraphic reports [not attached], allotment of increase in currency circulation.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 8: Legislation - Education, Department of.  H. R. 276, "to establish a department of education."  Letter.  McCarty, H. D., to SC (March 2, 1867).  Re:  resolutions adopted by Kansas State Teachers Association endorsing bill and asking SC's influence in passage, request for materials for Leavenworth High School Library.  Handwritten.  1 folded page; both sides.

F 9: Legislation - Equal Rights Amendment.  Petition to Congress by Andy Phelps (n.d.).  Re:  proposed amendment to constitution concerning equal rights in terms of birth, race, color, previous inequality or previous non-residence.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 10: Legislation - Freedmen's Bureau.  Correspondence re S. 60[?], "to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau."

a. Chapin, Henry, to SC [February?], 1866.  Re:  reaction to President's speech and veto, writing of agreement concerning Freeman's notes to protect SC.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

See Box 8 F 25-e for agreement referred to in letter.

b. Iler, George W., to SC (February 26, 1866).  Re: reaction to the veto of the Freedmen Bureau Bill.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. P[omeroy], S. C., to SC (January 24, [1866].  Re:  opposition of Dennison, need to see the President.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Stevenson, A. G., to SC (February 25, 1866).  Re:  reaction to veto of Freedmen's Bill.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Weaver, S., to SC (February 8, 1866).  Re:  approval of SC's course concerning suffrage, trip to Washington.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 11: Legislation - Impeachment. 

a. Lovejoy, C. H., to SC (February 11, 1867).  Re:  request for materials, desire to see Johnson impeached if case is clear.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

b. Snyder, S. J. H., to SC (February 20, 1867).  Re:  strong feelings in favor of impeachment of Johnson; request for pure sorghum seed.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 12: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Cherokee Lands. Correspondence.

a. Harrison, Alvan, to SC (January 10, 1867).  Re:  desire for information concerning price of land and for a copy of the treaty.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Hawkins, B. J.., to SC (February 19, 1867).  Re:  bill to allow settlers on lands ceded to U. S. by Cherokees.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Peters, S. V., to SC (January 18, 1867).  Re:  information concerning right to homestead on Cherokee Neutral Lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 13: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Indian "Civil Rights Bill."  S. 204, "to provide for an annual inspection into Indian Affairs."

a. Abbott, James B., to SC (March 11, 1866).  Re:  trespassing on Indian lands, J. S. Emery's hope that bill can be passed in time to prosecute under it in the spring term, feeling by residents on reservation borders that they have a right to steal from Indians, request for copies of the 1854 treaty.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Tappan, Sam [?], to SC (April 11, 1866).  Re:  effects of bill on Indian-white relations, amendment of bill to require inspections, undesirability of appointment, suggested use of Army officers.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 14: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Indian Policy.  "Reports of the Secretaries of War and Interior in Answer to Resolutions of the Senate and House of Representatives in Relation to the Massacre at Fort Phil Kearney, on December 21, 1866..."  (1867).  Printed.  63 pages.

F 15: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Kaw Treaty.  Letter.  Columbia, Charles, to SC (January 26, 1867).  Re:  delegation of Kaws to Washington for treaty making, desires of Morris County dispossessed residents concerning preemption of former homes and disposition of remaining land.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 16: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Osage Treaty.  Letter.  Weibley, Dr. J. C., to SC (January 11, 1866).  Re:  disposition of treaty made by Judge [?] with the Osage tribe.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 17: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Sac and Fox Treaty.  Letter.  Sparr, R. W., to SC (February 25, 1867).  Re:  conditions of treaty and prospects of ratification, public desire that remaining Indian reservations not be taken up by speculators.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 18: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Titles, Removal of Restrictions from.  Letter.  Massey, R. W., to SC (February 11, 1866).  Re: Concurrent Resolution passed by state legislature asking Congress for the removal of restrictions from Indian titles.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 19: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Salary Increase, Clerk. Letter.  Murphy, Thomas, to SC (November 30, 1866).  Re:  increase in salary for I. J. Lawler, Chief Clerk to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Central Superintendency.  Includes a draft of the proposed bill with signatures of state senators and representatives, et al.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 20: Legislation - Indians Affairs, Wyandottes, Incompetent.  Letter.  Hadley, D. B., to SC (February 21, 1866).  Re:  assent of Congress to state law giving "incompetent Class of the Wyandotte Indians" power to alienate their lands in Wyandotte County.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 21: Legislation - Labor.  S. 183, "to fix eight hours as a day's labor in all cases where laborers, mechanics, and artisans may be employed or under the authority of the Government of the United States."  Letter.  Stewart, Ira, to SC (n.d.).  Re:  delight in hearing that SC is in favor of bill, request for list of committee members for both houses.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 22: Legislation - Marshals, Clerkship for U. S. Letter.  Osborn, Thomas A., to SC (December 5, n.y.).  Re:  need for law giving Marshals the privilege of appointing a clerk, inadequacy of travel reimbursement, appropriation for U. S. Court House and Post Office in Kansas with U. S. Marshal as superintendent of construction.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 23: Legislation - Military Bounties.  S. 522? and H. R. 836?, "to equalize the bounties of soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the late war for the Union." 

a. Cavaness, A. A. B., to SC (January  14, 1865).  Re:  bounty difference between soldiers enlisting in 1861 and those enlisting in 1865.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Moonlight, Thomas, to SC (November 27, 1866).  Re:  suggestions concerning bounty matters, desire for promotion to major.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. O'Brien, T. M., to SC (December 4, 1866).  Re:  legislation concerning additional bounties for enlistees after April 19, 1861.  Handwritten.  1 page.

See also Box 2 F 37, Military Affairs, Military Bounties; and Box 2 F 52, Newspapers, Kansas Tribune, Ross, E. A., to SC (December 25, 1865) re SC's bill in regard to bounties.

F 24: Legislation - Military Claims. 

a. Packard, George W., to SC (December 10, 1866).  Re:  payment for victims of H. G. Loring, Acting Assistant Adjutant General at Fort Riley.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Raymond, William G., to SC (February 12, 1867).  Re:  bill for relief of J. D.  Turner and W. G. Raymond re claim for raising 1st Regiment colored troops.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

c. Wallingford, D. W., to SC (February 9, 1867).  Re:  present disposition of bill concerning officers claims of back pay and allowances.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 25: Legislation - Military Medical Statistics.  Letter.  Harrington, S. C., to SC (February, 1866).  Re:  SC's favoring legislation for compiling and publishing medical statistics of the Provost Marshal's Department, Lane's attempt to get endorsement for President's Reconstruction policy and "make capital against" SC on the suffrage question.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 26: Legislation - Military Reservation, Fort Leavenworth.  S. 487 and H. R. 942 [?] "donating a portion of the Fort Leavenworth military reservation for the exclusive use of a public road."  Letter.  Foote, Henry, to SC (December 2l, 1866).  Re:  resolution passed by Leavenworth city council asking SC to work for passage of bill donating a portion of Fort Leavenworth for a public road, SC's affirmative vote on District of Columbia suffrage bill.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 27: Legislation - Pensions, War of 1812.  H. R. 853?, granting pensions to the soldiers of the War of 1812 with Great Britain.  Letter.  Beman, H. T., to SC (January 31, 1867).  Re:  State legislature resolution concerning pensioners of the War of 1812.  Handwritten, 1 page.

F 28: Legislation - Public Lands.  Letter.  Reist, P. B., to SC (February 20, 1866).  Re:  change in method of offering for sale the Indian reserves, praise of Lacock's honesty.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides. See Map Collection for plats showing Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation.

F 29: Legislation - Railroads. Correspondence.

a. Armor, Thomas, to SC (January 7, 1867).  Re:  help with Neosho Valley Railroad legislation.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Brumbaugh, J. D., to SC (February 21, 1866).  Re:  resolutions from state legislature requesting grant of land for the Northern Tier railroad, authority for order withholding from market odd sections along Burlington and Missouri River Railroad and effect of order on Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad and settlement of Washington and Republic Counties, SC's bill to aid the Northern Tier.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Harding, B., to SC (March 7, 1866).  Re:  injustice of resolutions on withholding lands in the Northern Tier for the benefit of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad.  Handwritten.  1 partial page.

d. Leland, Cyrus, to SC (March 3, 1866).  Re:  bill requesting land grant for Northern Tier Railroad, advice against entanglement with Pomeroy.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. McDowell, Dr. C. C., to SC (January 25, 1867).  Re:  mail route from Fort Scott to Gibson, request that SC oppose bill for land grant for railroads on "Neutral Land."  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Phillips, William A., to SC (February 18, 1866).  Re:  state bill organizing 12 new counties, request for frontier protection, request for Pacific Railroad to run up Smoky Hill River, rapid growth of new counties.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Pomeroy, S. C., to SC (March 3, 1866).  Re:  unawareness of benefit of Kansas connection with Pacific Railroad Bill, effect of Kansas Valley branch up Smoky Hill on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, amendment allowing connection on Canadian River.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Wood, John B., to SC (January 15, 1866).  Re:  advice on conduct as Congressman, payment of national debt, railroad development, Commissioner Newton's choice of seeds for Kansas planting.  Handwritten. 1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 30: Legislation - Reconstruction. 

a. Joint Resolution S. R. No. 48, "setting forth certain conditions upon which the States, the people of which have been lately in rebellion against the United States, shall be restored to their representation in Congress."  Restoration Resolutions introduced by Hon. W. M. Stewart of Nevada with explanatory remarks by himself and others, in the Senate, March 16, 1866 (1866).  Printed.  7 pages, uncut.

b. Letter.  Emery to SC (March 1, 1867).  Re:  satisfaction of people with Reconstruction bill as passed.  Handwritten.  1 page.

See also Box 12 for volume entitled Speeches which contains "A Republican Form of Government; Our First Duty and the Essential Condition of Peace; Bills and Resolutions, by Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, in the Senate of the United States, at the Opening of the Session of Congress, Dec. 4, 1865 (n.d.)."  Printed. 8 pages.

F 31: Legislation - Suffrage, District of Columbia.  S. 1, "to regulate the elective franchise in the District of Columbia"; H. R. 1, "extending the right of suffrage in the District of Columbia." 

a. Anthony, Susan B., to SC (n.d.).  Re:  Johnson-Taylor speech, negro suffrage, question whether Senate will pass District suffrage bill in defiance of the President.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

b. Dunn, Allen, to SC (February 13, 1866).  Re:  Van Horn's speech, passage of bill in lower house, negro suffrage, hatred of slaveholders.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Thacher, T. D., to SC (January 19, 1866).  Re:  praise of SC's course in Congress, disappointment in Van Horn's vote on District suffrage.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 32: Legislation - Wisconsin.  S. 102, construing and giving effect to the joint resolution for the relief of the State of Wisconsin approved July 1, 1864.  Letter.  [Niles, Samuel?] to SC (February 23, 1867).  Re:  request that SC vote for suspension of rules so that resolution may be considered by the House in current session.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 33: Military Affairs - Military Academies.

a. Blake, Frank P., to SC (February 28, 1866).  Re:  desire for scholarship to West Point.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Back of folded sheet contains printed circular of the Fort Scott Immigrant Society of the City of Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.

b. Hancock, Maria Y., to SC (February 5, 1867).  Re:  documents concerning qualifications for admittance to West Point, admission of son after age of sixteen.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Robinson, Mrs. H. J., to SC (January 15, 1867).  Re:  admission of son to Annapolis.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Smith, Calvin, to SC (February 2, 1865).  Re:  reminder concerning Kansas vacancy at West Point.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Smith, Sebree (April 25, 1866).  Re:  letter of introduction to the West Point Superintendent.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 34: Military Affairs - Appointments (A-L).

a. Adams, Daniel M., to SC (February 7, 1865).  Re:  paymaster position in the Regular Army.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Bassett, Owen A., see Box 2 F 49, Military Affairs, War Department, letter, SC to E. M. Stanton (July 17, 1866) re promotion of OAB to Colonel by Brevet.

Blakely, W. S., see Box 1 F 127-l, Land Offices, Kansas, letter, Strickler, S. M., to SC (February 20, 1865) re appointment of WSB as Commissary with rank of Captain.

b. Bowen, Colonel.  Petition from officers of the 13th Kansas for promotion of Colonel Bowen.  Handwritten.  2 pages; both sides of first page.

c. Buck, Asahel.

(1) Buck, Asahel, to SC (February 3, 1865).  Re:  appointment to Provost Marshalship of the Northern District.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Buck, Asahel, to SC (February 15, 1865).  Re:  resignation of Judge Sears as Provost Marshal of Southern District, desire for appointment to that position if not the the Northern District, unwillingness to accept an inferior position.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(3) Buck, Asahel, to SC (April 18, 1865).  Re:  Lane's statement that no reason exists for denying appointment.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Curtis, J. H.  D. W. Scott to SC (February 7, 1866).  Re:  application of JHC for position as Wagon and Forage Master and letter of recommendation.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Davidson, M., B. Maj. Gen'l U.S.A., to SC (December 9, 1866).  Re:  influence of SC and Pomeroy in obtaining Professorship of Military Science at the Kansas State Agricultural College for MD.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Drinkwater, D. F., to SC (January 25, 1865).  Re:  temporary appointment to Kempf's position in the Provost Marshal's office, desire for Kaw Agency if Farnsworth is removed, scratching of SC's name by Farnsworth.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Eliot, Lieutenant, 1st Indian Regiment, see item k below.

g. Finnister, C. H., Co. E, 7th U. S. Cavalry, to SC (December 4, 1866).  Re:  recommendation from SC to General Hancock for permanent clerkship for CHF.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Gump, Sergeant B. E., to SC (January, 1865).  Re:  addition to his appointment [application?].  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Hunt, Jont. H., to SC (January 30, 1865).  Re:  promise of "provoship."  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Kinney, Edward P., to SC (January 12, 1865).  Re:  SC's assistance in securing a more lucrative position.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

k. Larzelese[?], George.  James A. Phillips to SC (February 6, 1865). Re:  request that SC oppose appointments of George Larzelese and Eliot in the 1st Indian Regiment.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Leland, Cyrus, see Box 2 F 38i, Military Affairs, Claims, letter, Leland, Cyrus, to SC (January 17, 1866) re desire for appointment in military academies.

F 35: Military Affairs - Appointments (M-W).

a. Manning, E. C., to SC (March 4, 1865).  Re:  appointment as quartermaster, paymaster, provost marshal, etc., if he should be drafted.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Neal, Capt. Henry R.  Fisher, John K., to SC (December 12, 1866).  Re:  assistance in obtaining a captaincy in the Regular Army for HRN.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Orr, Sam.  Strickler, S. M., to SC (March 29, 1865).  Re:  appointment of SO as Provost Marshal of the Southern District, funds for the Quartermaster of "this department."  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Prentiss, Joseph S.  Prentiss, S. B., to SC (February 4, 1865).  Re:  appointment of his son as examining surgeon for district in place of Dr. Tallman.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Schreyer, Gustavus, to SC (February 25, 1866).  Re:  appointment in the regular army.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Shreve, Major A. P. O'Brien, T. M., to SC (April 19, 1866).  Re:  request that SC confer with Hon. Geo. W. Julian concerning promotion of APS into the Regulars.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Referral to GWJ by SC handwritten on reverse side.

g. Strong, N. Z[?].

(1) Strong, N. Z[?]., to SC (March 5, 1865).  Re:  appointment as Commissary of Subsistence with rank of Captain detailed to Fort Scott, Col.  Adams' cooperation with SC, increase of political support for SC in Bourbon County.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Strong, N. Z[?]., Bt. Major and C.S. Vols., to SC (November 26, 1866).  Re:  autograph letter and petition requesting transfer to the Regular Army as Commissary of Subsistence, use of SC and E. G. Ross as references, request that SC and Ross present matter to the Secretary of War.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Tappan, Jno. E., see see Box 1 F 127-l, Land Offices, Kansas, letter, Strickler, S. M., to SC (February 20, 1865) re appointment of JET as Commissary with rank of Captain.

h. Teter, P. L., to SC (March 30, 1865).  Re:  appointment as Provost Marshal replacing Sears.  Below letter is an endorsement signed by D. R. Anthony.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Throckmorton, Job, to SC (February 6, 1865).  Re:  appointment as deputy to Judge Sears upon retirement of Prouty.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

j. Waldron, H. B.

(1) Waldron, H. B., to SC (March 30, 1865).  appointment as Provost Marshal replacing Sears, new P.M.G., removal of Tholen and McCahon and appointment of Hanks, Carney and Anthony as mayoral candidates.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Burr, Ned, to SC (March 24, 1865).  Re:  recommendation of HBW as Provost Marshal.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Washburn, Dr.  Sears, Theo., to SC (January 31, 1865).  Re:  removal of Dr. Tallman and appointment of Dr. Washburn in his place.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

l. Webber, J. L., to SC (January 1, 1865).  Re:  position in veteran battalion to be raised by Capt. Coleman.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 36: Military Affairs - Appointments, General.  Letter.  Baker, F. P., to SC (March 17, 1865).  Re:  hope that Sears' successor will be someone he can work with, troublemaking of Capt. McaDye [sic], A.A.P.M.G. at Leavenworth, dissatisfaction about draft.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 37: Military Affairs - Bounties.

a. Gates, William, to SC (January 6, 1867).  Re:  request that SC attempt to secure bounty for him.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. "A Poor Volunteer of 1863 With out bounty" to SC (December 19, 1865).  Re: bounty for volunteers who signed up before any bounty was given.  Handwritten.  1 page.

See also Box 2 F 52-f, Newspapers, Kansas Tribune, letter, Ross, E. A., to SC (December 25, 1865) re good effects of SC's bounty bill.

F 38: Military Affairs - Claims. Correspondence.

a. Blunt, James G., Major General, to SC (February 9, 1865).  Re:  claim for pay due Dr. Gilpatrick.

b. Chipman, Hosmer and Company per L. B. to SC (December 17, 1866).  Re:  claim of Capt. A. H. Campbell, need for good character certificate.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Clough, E. N. O., to SC (December 8, 1866).  Re:  payment of 43 members of the 15th Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Cox, J. T., see Box 1 F 108c, Appointments, Cox, J. T., letter, Cox, J. T. to SC (February 25, 1865).

d. Fitzpatrick, W. H., to SC (February 15, 1865).  Re:  claims for pay for Indian Officers, appointment to government position.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Fletcher, James, to SC (May 14, 1865).  Re:  claims for pay for the officers of the 4th and 5th Indian Regiments, request that SC handle his claim.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. French, E. B., Second Auditor's Office, to SC (February 14, 1865).  Re:  procedure for settlement of claims for officers in the 4th and 5th Indian Regiments.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Hanway, James, to SC (January 27 and February 10, 1865).  Re:  status of Samuel B. Hanway's claim for military pay.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

h. Lacy, Henry B., to SC (March 18, 1866, and February 24, 1867).  Re: claim against government for corn furnished Kansas Militia in 1856.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

i. Leland, Cyrus, to SC (January 17-March 16, 1866).  Re:  claim agents for his application for relief, preference for settlement without aid of Congress, comments on reconstruction, need for position, and SC's constituent support.  Handwritten.  3 pieces.

j. Oldham, Jonathan, to SC (February 24, 1865).  Re:  cashing of vouchers issued by Major H. H. Heath, change of mind about appointment.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

k. Smallwood, W. H., to SC (February 27, 1866).  Re:  claim for payment as recruiting officer, need for back-dated appointment, petitions for land grant for a railroad from Elwood to Marysville [St. Joseph and Denver City?].  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

l. Storrs, N. S., Quartermaster llth Reg. K.S.M., to SC (May 14, 1865).  Re:  payment of approved claims for transportation and forage.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

m. Tucker, Horace, to SC[?] (February 24, 1865).  Re:  payment of accounts as Captain in the 4th Indian.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 39: Military Affairs - Claims, Simpson Vouchers. Correspondence.

a. Cook, H. W., to SC (February 4, 1865).  Telegram.  Re:  seeing General Meigs concerning removing restrictions on Simpson vouchers.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

b. Morrow, Robert, to SC (November 27, 1866).  Re:  Gruber failure and its effects on suit by Gruber to collect on Simpson vouchers.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

See also Box 5 F 61, 1872 Simpson Vouchers Case.

F 40: Military Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (A-Cl).

a. Abbott, James B., to SC (March 1, 1865).  Re:  retention of his present position.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

b. Adams, M. S., to SC (January 27, 1865).  Re:  revocation of order accepting MSA's resignation and granting of leave to withdraw resignation.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Anderson, T. J., to SC (April 20 and May 27, 1865).  Re:  obtaining of certificate of nonindebtedness in order to be paid, better appointment; railroad matters.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

d. Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 5, 1865).  Re:  importance of courting friendship of Col. J. A. Potter, Quartermaster at Fort Leavenworth, reasons against ordering of Captain Hodges to Fort Leavenworth.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Barnham, William H., see Box 2 F 43-a.

e. Blanton, N. B., to SC (January 10, 1866).  Re:  retaining officers of Vet Reserve Corps in the Regular Army.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Bowen, Thomas M., to SC (December 20, n.y.).  Re:  securing Brevet as Major General for TMB.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides; letter damaged.

Boyle, G. W., see Box 2 F 2, Legislation, Artificial Limbs, letter, Boyle, G. W., to SC (January 31, 1866) re removal of soldiers from the South. 

g. Burr, Edmund, to SC (January 14, 1865).  Re:  assignment of Capt. William M. E. Dye to report to SC, presence of loyal Lane men.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Burr, Edmund, Clerk, to SC (February 13, 1865).  Re:  reporting by McCahon and Tholen of SC's absence, unbecoming behavior of William Tholen, Commander of the Board, and J. B. Irvin, Deputy Provost Marshal, suspected fraudulent collection of bounties by Robertson, McCahon, and Clough, necessity of removing McCahon, establishment of "draft rendezvous" in Kansas, furnishing of more recruits than State given credit for.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides; parts of letter have been crossed out.

i. Burr, Ned (March 22, 1865).  Re:  attempt to defraud Government by Captain William Matthews.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

j. Cleveland[?], W. C., Captain, Co. K 16th K.V.C. to SC (February 14, 1865).  Re:  promotion of Samuel P. Warren, 1st Lieutenant, R.Q.M., 15th K.V.C.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Cline[?], J. N. M., to SC (January 20, 1866).  Re:  SC's speed in securing JNMC's pension, Lane's attempt to get lands for L.L.G.  Railroad, negotiations for "our road."  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 41: Military Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (Cr-H).

a. Crawford, S. J., to SC (February 1, 1865).  Re:  Kansas draft quota and effecting its withdrawal.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Crawford, S. J., to SC (February 9, 1865).  Telegram.  Re:  withdrawal of Kansas draft call.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page; both sides.

c. Dehtney, M. A., to SC (April 5, 1865).  Telegram.  Re:  resignation of McCahon.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

d. Diefendorf, Oliver, to SC (January 16, 1866).  Re:  pension for Michael Hennessy.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Drinkwater, D. F., to SC (April 30, 1865).  Re:  request that SC forward any advertised letters at Washington for DFD, pay for 4th and 5th Indian Regiments.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Fry, James B., Provost Marshal General, to J. H. Lane, U. S. Senate (January 31, 1865).  Re:  permission for SC to visit Washington.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Fry, James B., Provost Marshal General, from SC (n.d.).  Draft of letter.  Re:  removal of Capt. James McCahon, Provost Marshal Northern District of Kansas, and William Tholen, Commissioner Board of Enrolment, and the appointment of Clark J. Hanks and Samuel McFarland.  For letter from Edmund Burr from which extract was to be included in letter to JBF, see Box 2 F 40-g, Military Affairs, Correspondence, Miscellaneous (A-Col), Burr, Edmund, to SC (February 13, 1865).  Handwritten.  5 pages.

h. Hamden, George S., to A. W. Blackledge (March 23, 1865).  Telegram.  Re:  acceptance of resignation.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

i. Hampton, George S., Capt. & A. A. Genl, U. S. Vols., to SC (April 21 and 24, 1865).  Telegram and letter.  Re:  acceptance of resignation.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

j. Hard, A. H[?], to SC (April 18, 1865).  Re:  refusal by Emery to deliver remainder of hay.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Hoyt, George H., to SC (November 27, 1866).  Re:  order remitting Logan's sentence for court martial, speech by GHH opposing suffrage amendment.  Handwritten.  1 page.

l. Hutchinson, William[?], to SC (February 3, 1865).  Re:  certificate of enrollment.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 42: Military Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (I-K).

a. Insley, M. H., to SC (February 8, 1865).  Re:  effects of order relieving Curtis of his command.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Insley, M. H., to SC (March 13 and April 2, 1865).  Telegrams.  Re:  assistance in procuring acceptance of MHI's resignation.  Handwritten on printed forms.  2 pieces.

c. Insley, M. H., to SC (April 17, 1865).  Re:  reasons for resignation, preference that Capt. Gorton relieve MHI.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Insley, M. H., to SC (April 21, 1865).  Re:  desire for promotion before quitting service, request for copy of Colonel Owen's report on Kansas, objection to D. R. Anthony for Leavenworth Post Office, Meigs' instructions to stop payment on forage vouchers.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Insley, M. H., to SC (April 22, 1865).  Re:  change in order for Blair to return to his regiment, request for quick action on MHI's resignation.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Insley, M. H., to SC (April 28[?], 1865).  Re:  importance of Gorton's relieving MHI.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Insley, M. H., to SC (May 22, 1865).  Re:  lack of communication from Lane.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Kemble, J. R., to SC (February 2, 1866).  Re:  assistance for Captain and Brevet Major E. W. Tarlton.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Kemble, J. R., to SC (February 8, 1866).  Re:  change of JRK's opinion of Tarlton and justification of charges against him, request that SC give him the "cold shoulder," JRK's promotion to full captain.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 43: Military Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (L-R).

a. Langston, C. H., and Barnham, William H., to SC (April 25, 1866).  Re:  opposition of the 125 U.S.C.T. to being ordered to Salt Lake, their desire to be mustered out of the service.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. McCurdy, E. R., to SC (February 20, 1865).  Re:  release of rebel prisoner, Jesse Ellis.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Martin, Jno. A., see Box 2 F 102, Transportation, Overland, Martin, Jno. A., to SC (December 14, 1865) re ordering home the 8th Kansas.

c. Meigs, M.C., Bvt. Major. Gen'l, U.S.A., Quartermaster General, to SC (March 8, 1866).  Re:  forwarding of General Orders containing names of soldiers interred by officers of Quartermaster General's Department in the National Military Cemeteries at Alexandria, Virginia, and Andersonville, Georgia.  Printed with name of addressee written by hand.  1 page.

d. Moonlight, Col. Thomas, to SC (January 15, 1865).  Re:  desire to be furnished troops for campaign in spring, cutting of overland communication, support for SC in obtaining Congressional seat.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Perry, Alex J., Col. Quartermaster's Department, to SC, A. A. G.,  Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota (September 9, 1865).  Re:  Returns of Camp and Garrison Equipage.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Rafety, James S., Captain, 83rd U. S. Infantry (Cold), to SC (February 24, 1865).  Re:  getting authority to raise a regiment of blacks in Louisiana or Texas.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Rankin, Jno. K., 2nd Lieut. Co. H. 2nd K.V.C., to SC (January 25, 1865).  Re:  mustering out date for Co. H., desire to be mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, stopping of officers' pay.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 44: Military Affairs - Correspondence, Misc (S-T).

a. Salton, S. N . Envelope with handwritten note by SC concerning S. N.  Salton's[?] vouchers referred to Genl. Delafield and Quarter Master General and unsigned note saying "all papers returned to Salton March 24, 1866."

b. Schreyer, Gus, to SC (January 3, 1867).  Re:  Texas experiences of Captain Nolan and appearance before board of examiners.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Sears, Theodore C., to SC (February l6[?], 1865).  Re:  possibility of transfer to the Northern District because of acceptance of editorship of the Conservative, confoundment by changes in office.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Sears, Theodore C., to SC (February 26, l865).  Re:  suggestion for post master at Ohio City, removal of Murdock, desire for some voice in selection of own appointees, need to give up Conservative editorship and preference for remaining in the Southern District, military changes in department.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Sinks, Tiffin, to SC (January 28, 1866).  Re:  inclusion of meteorological statistics in report, importance of publishing statistics of Provost Marshal's Bureau and the medical and surgical history of the Rebellion, request for Circular No. 6.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Steele, G. N., to SC (May 14, 1865).  Re:  end-of-war policy concerning officers of colored troops.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Stevens, R. S., to SC (December 10, 1866).  Re:  location of his discharge pending at the time of Lane's death.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

h. Tantz, John, to SC (May 11, 1865).  Re:  possibility of discharge of Kansas drafted men.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Taylor, Hawkins, to SC (May 8, 1865).  Re:  inclusion in speculations if Blunt gets command.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

j. Thompson, Robert T., to SC (May 1, 1865).  Re:  permission for H. J.  Thompson and other "refugee Texians" to return home.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 45: Military Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (V-Y).

a. Vander Horck, I., Captain V.R.C., to SC (January 25, 1865).  Re:  withdrawal of papers from courtroom by General Curtis, authority for movement of members of the V.R.C.  Handwritten.  1 folded page; both sides.

b. Vander Horck, I., Captain V.R.C., to SC (February 8, 1865).  Re:  relieving of General Curtis by General Dodge, laying Robert Graham matter before General Lane.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Wright, Fannie L., to SC (February 7, n.y.).  Re:  "detective papers" for Beauregard.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. .  Penciled note re seeing SC concerning Sutlership for W. A. Watt or Tom Zerah[?], vouchers of Putman and Watt, and claim of Charles Gillpatrick for services as spy/scout on Captain Insley's rolls (n.d.).

F 46: Military Affairs - Republican River Ferriage.  Copy of letter.  Meigs, H. C., Quartermaster General, Bvt. Maj. Genl. U.S.A., to E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War (June 27, 1866).  Re:  amount of ferriage paid during past two years for crossing Republican River at Fort Riley.  Handwritten. 1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 47: Military Affairs, Miscellaneous.

a. Circular No. l from C. K. Holliday, Adjutant General State of Kansas (February 22, 1865).  Re:  House Concurrent Resolution No. 21 concerning Kansas' support and protection of national government and extending thanks to Kansas soldiers in the field.  Printed.  1 page.

b. Handwritten list of officers of the 5th Regiment Indian Horse Brigade and the 4th Regiment Indian Brigade.  2 partial pages.

F 48: Military Affairs - Report of Lieutenant General U. S. Grant of the Armies of the United States - 1864-'65 (July 22, 1865).  Re:  operations of the armies from the date of Grant's appointment to command.  Printed.  44 pages.

F 49: Military Affairs - War Department.  Letter.  SC to Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War (July 17, 1866).  Re:  promotion of Owen A. Bassett, 2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, to the rank of Colonel by Brevet.  Handwritten.  1 page, damaged.

F 50: Naval Affairs. Correspondence.

a. Naval Academy.

(1) McReynolds, James J., to SC (December 21, 1866).  Re:  appointment to Annapolis for Randall Stephens.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Thompson, Joseph A., to SC (March 2, 1867).  Re:  inquiry concerning possibility of being appointed to Annapolis from SC's congressional district since all appointments from his own district have been filled.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Committee on Naval Affairs.  Letter.  Newhall, Charles L., to SC (January 12, 1867).  Re:  memorial of Lieutenant Robert B. Riell, request that SC see Chairman of the Naval Committee of both House and Senate.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 51: Newspapers - Leavenworth Bulletin. Correspondence. 

a. Anthony, D. R., to SC (February 15, 1865).  Re:  return to Leavenworth, request for money.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 5, 1865).  Re:  doubts about consolidation of Bulletin and Conservative, request that SC urge Lane to procure funds, ignorance concerning demand for money to secure passage of the Railroad treaty.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Anthony, D. R., to SC (February 14, 1866).  Re:  purchase of press and type, importance of preventing McDowell confirmation.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Anthony, D. R., to SC (February 21, 1866).  Re:  abuse of DRA by Conservative, need for mutual courtesy, arrangements for press and type, drawing on SC for funds.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Anthony, D. R., to SC (February 23, 1866).  Re:  drawing on SC's note, leaving for Topeka, Johnson's speech to the "mob" and reaction of Conservative, expected action by state legislature on the President.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 5, 1866).  Re:  appointment of Mrs. Col. H. P.  Johnson as Postmistress of Leavenworth, paper's attitude toward the President, Carney's canvass for mayor.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 30, 1866).  Re:  publishing of article, request that SC withhold report on Carrol for confirmation until after senatorial election.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Ludlum, S. S., and Buckingham, H., to SC (May 22, 1865).  Re:  question of interest on note, noting of return date.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

i. Roys, C. D., to SC (February 26, 1866).  Re:  desire to "make the character of the paper one of principles and not men," Conservative's reaction to SC's speech, following of SC's suggestions.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 52: Newspapers, Miscellaneous. Correspondence.

a. Atchison Free Press. Adams, F. G., to SC (February 8, 1865).  Re:  Champion support of senatorial fraud, refutation of assumption that John A. Martin is a loyal member of the party, value of Hawkins Taylor to the party and regret at his removal, hope that SC will achieve Taylor's reinstatement.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Burlington paper.  Prouty to SC (March 6, 1865).  Re:  desire for designation as official publisher of war orders, loss from publishing general orders of Legate and Blunt.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Emporia News.  Stotler, Jake, to SC (May 19, 1865).  Re:  attempt to buy the News or start new paper, Hunt's use of blackmail.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Humboldt paper.  Blanton, N. B., to SC (March 1, 1867).  Re:  establishment of Radical paper to begin publication in April.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Kansas Farmer.  Brown, John S., to SC (February 8, 1865).  Re:  request for subscription or communication from SC.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Kansas Tribune.  Blunt, James G., to SC (January 22, 1865).  Re:  request that SC get a note for the amount of money invested in press by JGB.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Kansas Tribune.  Ross, E. G., to SC (December 25, 1865).  Re:  thanks for papers and documents, good resulting from bounty bill, request for loan for running expenses.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Reverse side of folded sheet contains advertisement for the Kansas Tribune.

Leavenworth Conservative, see Box 1 F 110-a, Appointments, Insley, letter, Insley, M. H., to SC (March 6, 1865) re consolidation of Conservative and Bulletin, and loyalty of Conservative to SC; and Box 2 F 44-c, Military Affairs, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Sears, Theo. to SC (February 16[?], 1865) re editorship of Conservative.

h. Leavenworth undesignated paper.  Kempfe, William, to SC (May 1, 1865).  Re:  need for money to continue publication.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Lecompton New Era.  See Box 2 F 10-e Legislation, Freedmen's Bureau, Weaver, S., to SC (February 8, 1866) re support of paper for SC.

i. Paola Argus.  McReynolds and Kane to SC (December 20, 1865).  Re:  publication of post routes, contract for power press.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Topeka State Record. 

(1) McDonald & Baker to SC (March 3, n.y.).  Re:  advice to SC to yield to the President's views, intent to pursue course which paper thinks best for the interests of the Republican Union Party.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Baker, F. P., to SC (November[?] 26, 1866).  Re:  obtaining printing of the laws for the present session, local support for Ross, no problem in generating support for SC at proper time.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(3) McDonald & Baker to SC (January 1, 1866 [should be 1867?]).  Re:  thanks for procuring printing of laws of Congress for paper.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

k. Topeka undesignated papers.

(1) Murdock, M. M., to SC (February 6 and 14, 1865).  Re:  need for party paper at Topeka, request for financial help for paper to be purchased by MMM and J. M. Menster.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

(2) Reynolds, M. W., to SC (January l8, n.y.).  Re:  thanks for financial help with enterprise, desire for mail agency, desire to build up a newspaper.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 53: Office. Invoices and advertisement.

a. Invoice.  Rives, F. & J., to SC (January-March, 1866) for copies of speeches.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Invoice.  Secombe, W. W., & Company (February 24, 1866) for House Stamp #16 and engraving facsimile.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

c. Invoice.  Secombe, W. W., & Company (February 27, 1866) for ribbon.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

d. Invoice.  Willson, John Q., to SC (December l3, 1865) for oak desk.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

e. Advertisement.  Dempsey & O'Toole (n.d.).  Re:  facsimile stamps.  Printed.  1 page.

F 54: Political Affairs - Campaign, 1864. Correspondence.

a. Elder, P. P., to SC (March 6, 1865).  Re:  misinformation concerning PPE's part in canvass for SC, pledge of future support, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

b. Leland, C. M., to SC (January 10, 1865).  Re:  congratulations on successful campaign, hope to share in joys of SC's reign.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Speer, John, to SC (February 26, 1865).  Re:  astonishment at payment for votes in senatorial election.  See Box 1 F 106-b, Appointments, Barricklow.

c. Tallman, G. J., to SC (March 30, 1865).  Re:  misinformation about GJT's part in election, affirmation of friendship.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Taylor, Hawkins, to SC (January 4, 1865).  Re:  conditions in Topeka before the Senate election, delivery of coat and pants.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Taylor, Hawkins, to SC (January 5, 1865).  Re:  plans of fraudites, need for Blunt's presence with company of soldiers to protect men elected by the voters.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 55: Political Affairs - Campaign 1866. Correspondence (B-I).

a. Barker, R. A., to SC (December 24, 1866).  Re:  sending of the official canvass made up by the State Board.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Blunt, James G., to SC (July 19, 1866).  Re:  Crawford's refusal to appoint U. S. Senator until after the state convention, opening up of fight against Crawford and Carney, advice to SC to make no combinations until he reaches home.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Green[?], L. F., to SC (April 23, 1866).  Re:  offer to assist in canvass.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Hensel, L., to SC (November ll, 1866).  Re:  LH's campaign for [state?] senator, congratulations on SC's "unprecedently large majority."  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Fuller, Perry, to SC (November l7, l866).  Re:  need for SC to run for Senator, PF's reason for inactivity in last election, invitation to SC to stay with PF in New York en route to Washington.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Fuller, Perry, to SC (November 24, 1866).  Re:  receipt of letters favoring Thacher for U. S. Senator, knowledge of something to enable SC to fight Thacher and Carney, request that SC notify him when he reaches Washington.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Houston, D. W., to SC (December l7, 1866).  Re:  praise of work of 39th Congress, Kansas corruption, support of Carney by Speer and Spriggs, praise of SC's principles and course, advice not to run for Senate, Neosho Valley situation, claims for property destroyed by firing of prairie by Sac & Fox Indians.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Ingersoll, Charles, to SC (December 18, 1866).  Re:  Douglas county Senatorial candidates, favoring of Pomeroy but fear that conflict of local and sectional interests will endanger him.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 56: Political Affairs - Campaign, 1866. Correspondence (L-R and Anonymous).

a. Lacock, Jno[?]., to SC (November 22, 1866).  Re:  offer of help if SC should run for Senate, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Legate, [J. F.], to SC (December 8, 1866).  Re:  buying of votes by Carney, present indications that Carney will win, need for Pomeroy and SC to return to Kansas at an early date, Carney's giving of money to country papers.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Ludlum, S. S., to SC (December 6, 1866).  Re:  lessening of Carney's chances, necessity of SC's seeing Wheat when he returns.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Ludlum, S. S., to SC (February 3, 1867).  Re:  congratulations on defeating Carney, SSL's attempt to "demoralize the regency," primary reason for Carney's defeat, election of Pomeroy and Ross due to SC's timely appearance, reunion of Carneyites.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Payne, David G., to SC (December 22, 1866).  Re:  ability to secure balance in the legislature for Senatorship, advice to maintain Pomeroy's friendship.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Reynolds, M. W., to SC (February 25, 1866).  Re:  disapproval of postponement of arrangement with SC, effort to beat SC on ground of residence in Lawrence, feeling by Lane's friends that SC is ungrateful, danger in delaying action.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Stratton, M. E., to SC (February 5, 1867).  Re:  success of Pomeroy, readiness to endorse Ross, advice for SC to be true to all his constituents, request for public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. , to SC (December 18, n.y.).  Re:  progress of canvass in the Border states, correspondence between Ben Simpson and Gov. Robinson.  Handwritten.  1 page, damaged.

F 57: Political Affairs - Kansas. Correspondence (A).

a. Akin, Eugene L., to SC (December 20, 1865).  Re:  appointment of General Bob Mitchell as Governor of New Mexico, accusation by Lane that SC is responsible for movement to "slay" Governor Crawford, praise of SC by papers.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Anthony, D. R., to SC (January 15, 1866).  Re:  Lane's promises of patronage, request that SC make some new appointments to show his and Pomeroy's strength and make influence felt, building of fight against SC and Pomeroy, DRA's confidence in being mayor this spring.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

See also Box 2 F 51-c and f, Newspapers, Leavenworth Bulletin, letters, DRA to SC (February l4 and March 5, 1866) re confirmation of McDowell and Carney's running for mayor.

c. Anthony, D. R., to SC (January 19, 1866).  Re:  Lane's misrepresentation concerning his control of the President.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 6, 1866).  Re:  Lane-Carney combination and their support of Tom Osborn and George Crawford, need for SC to hold meetings at Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Topeka to make his strength felt, McDowell's confirmation.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Anthony, D. R., to SC (December 2, 1866).  Re:  support of Journal, rumor of compromise between Congress and President, warning to SC not to compromise if concession of principles is involved.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Anthony, D. R., to SC (January 7, 1867).  Re:  passes for a strong force to go to Topeka, request for suggested Leavenworth action, DRA's appointment to committee for examination of city and county financial condition.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Anthony, D. R., to SC (January 9, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  need for SC to come immediately to decide contest.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

F 58: Political Affairs - Kansas. Correspondence (B-E).

a. Bab[cock, C. W.], to SC (February 15, 1866).  Re:  Reynolds' attacking Governor, Legate's expose of Carney, SC's fight for Indian appropriation bill, good reception of SC's speech, state's unreadiness for doctrine of Stevens and Sumner, request for public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

b. Babcock, C. W., to SC (December 9, 1866).  Re:  railroad meeting, attempt of Carney et al. to take things over, Miller's support of SC, Riggs' support of Ross, opposition of Pacific Railroad to Pomeroy, possible gaining of ground for Carney.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

c. Barker, R. A., Kansas Secretary of State, to SC (January 17, 1867).  Re:  sending of copies of Concurrent Resolutions passed by Kansas Legislature.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Barricklow, W., to SC (April 23, 1865).  Re:  apology for allusions to SC's fidelity in last letter, public feelings concerning death of Lincoln and of Johnson as President.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Biggs, U. See Box 2 F 77-d, Reconstruction, Correspondence, letter, Biggs, U., to SC (December 30, 1866) re proposal that Charles Robinson run for Senator.

e. B[lunt], J. G., to SC (December 2, 1866).  Re:  request that SC make no Senatorial combinations until JGB reaches Washington.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. B[lunt], J. G., and Rankin, to SC (January 12, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  importance of SC's coming.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

g. Bonebrake, J. H., to SC (March 1, 1866).  Re:  response of Kansas Legislature to the President's course, lack of report from Committee on Federal Relations, appreciation for SC's assistance for railroads, Price Raid claims, closing of second term at Lane University.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Brooks, Paul R., to SC (January 24, 1866).  Re:  approval of constituents for endorsement of President's reconstruction policy, removal of all Federal officers who opposed the Administration in the last Presidential campaign, disapproval of Major Martin's appointment as agent of the Sac & Fox Indians.  Handwritten. 1 folded sheet; both sides.

Chandler, Z., et al.  See Box 8 F 41, Second Addition, for photocopy of letter to SC (January ll, 1867) re possible Conservative Republican attempt to defeat Pomeroy.

i. Cox, John T., to SC (December 18, 1865).  Re:  loss of constituent support for Lane.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

j. Craig, Warner, to SC (April 13, 1865).  Re:  request for seeds, congratulations on gift to SC of Kansans lately in Washington.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

k. Emery, J. S., to SC (December ll, 1866).  Kalloch's publication of SC's statement that he would not be a candidate, Thacher's campaigning, fluctuation in Carney's stock because of Galveston Railroad situation, election of Sturges et al. in Joy's interest, voiding of election, present support for Carney over Pomeroy, assistance with JSE's claims.  Handwritten.  2 pages; both sides of second page.

l. Espenlaub, G., to SC (March 6, 1865).  Re:  actions of Doniphan County state legislators in voting for Carney for Senator and election on anti-Land ticket.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

m. Eudora Township Citizens, resolution endorsing SC (n.d.).  Handwritten.  1 page.  No signatures.

F 59: Political Affairs - Kansas. Correspondence (F-K).

Goodnow, Isaac T. See Box 1 F 108-b, Appointments, letter, Goodnow, Isaac T., to SC (January 30, 1865), re plot to appoint Swallow in place of Mudge.

a. Griswold, Hiram, to SC (December 21, 1866).  Re:  change of administrator on Wright's estate, bitterness against HG because of his stand for Johnson, esteem for SC, candidacy of Judge Bailey for senator.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Hanks, C. J., to SC (February 4, 1867).  Re:  appropriation for Sleeper, feeling of SC's friends that they are being left out.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Hard, A. H., to SC (December 25, 1865).  Re:  political quiet, praise of SC by papers, willingness to work for Pomeroy in Senatorial election.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Hayes, J. E., to SC (April 23, 1866).  Re:  support of SC's course in opposing Johnson, demagoguery of Lane, candidacy of Bussy[?] for SC's place.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Hill, Richard, to SC (November 9, 1867).  Re:  request for materials, plotting in county against Republican Party, losing in county of Negro and female suffrage, assistance of Thad Stevens' bill in Congress.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Houston, D. W., to SC (February 8, 1866).  Re:  disgraceful scene in Senate, passage of bill dividing land with inclusion of Galveston railroad supported by unnatural combination, opposition to monopolies of Northern and Eastern tiers and Neosho Valley, passage in Senate of Negro suffrage amendment.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Houston, S. D., to SC (February 16, 1865).  Re:  Taylor's overthrow, renewal of Dr. Palmer's commission, need for appointment of men with strict integrity, sense, and influence.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Hughes, Dr. N. B., to SC (March 23, 1865).  Re:  thanks for Washington Chronicle, pleasure at reading SC's reply to M. F. Conway, praise of SC.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

i. Kalloch, I. S., to SC (January 17, 1866).  Re:  private counsel of Lane's friends, arrangement for "big fight on Pomeroy."  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Kalloch, I. S., to SC (January 23, 1866).  Re:  appointment to speak on Kansas in Boston, immediate return to Leavenworth to uncover Lane's "mischief" and make a few public addresses, request for names of reliable men.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 60: Political Affairs - Kansas. Correspondence (L-Sh).

a. Legate, [J. F.], to SC (November 26, 1866).  Re:  anxiety about disposal of patronage, Carney's assurance of control, replacement of Sleeper by friend of Pomeroy's or SC's.  Handwritten.  1 sheet; both sides.  Included is a handwritten note from Hoyt concurring with Legate and recommending removal of other Federal office holders. 

b. Ludlum, G. S., to SC (December 27, 1866).  Re:  paying out money by Carney in southern Kansas and support by Emporia paper, railroad "fiasco," stealing of L. L. & Ft. Gibson railroad franchise by Chicago clique, defeat of Carney if SC and Pomeroy carry out plan.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Ludlum, G. S., to SC (January 12, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  need for SC to return home to stand by friends.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

d. L go, B. M., to SC (April 23, 1866).  Re:  receipt of documents, return of papers by some Copperheads.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Martin, Jno. A. See Box 2 F 102, Transportation, Overland, letter, Martin, Jno. A., to SC (December 14, 1865) re Carney-Lane combina- tion.

e. Mobley, R. D., to SC (December 6, 1866).  Re:  list of names desiring documents, constituent support for SC as Senator, Council Grove convention for support of candidate in the interest of the S.P.R.R., candidacy of W. A.  Phillips.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Ross, E. G.; Houston, D. W..; Aken, E. L.; and McHenry. W. J., to SC (June 5, 1866).  Telegram.  Re:  request that SC return home and convene committee.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

g. Roys, C. D., to SC (March 6, 1866).  Re:  investigation of state officers and involvement of any connected with them, statement concerning SC's influence in their behalf.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

h. Shanklin, H., to SC (January 2, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  importance of SC's returning to Kansas.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

i. Shannon, A. J., to SC (December 18, 1865).  Re:  appointment of opponents of the Republican Party, work at Black Bob Land, Lane-Carney alliance, Osborn as candidate for Congress, SC's good standing in Johnson County.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 61: Political Affairs - Kansas. Correspondence (S-T).

a. Smith, Calvin, to SC (November 25, 1865).  Re:  instructions to sell gold, congratulations on SC's "triumphant election," Senatorial election and possibility of SC's running as a compromise man, request that SC see his son at West Point, gratitude for favor for him and his family.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Smith, E. A. See Box 1 F 115-c, Banks, letter, Smith, E. A., to SC (January 18, 1866) re Lane's becoming Johnson Democrat, Low-Carney combination. (Banks).

b. Stotler, Jake, to Sleeper, (February 21, 1865).  Re:  non-passage of appropriation bill, passage of resolution praising Carney, desire for Kaw Agency, sending of petition concerning Murdock to be handed to SC and Lane.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Strickler, S. M. See Box 1 F 127-l, Land Offices, Kansas, letter, Strickler, S. M., to SC (February 20, 1865) re political treason of McBratney, Lane's possible loss of influence with the Military Department.

c. Thacher, Solon O., to SC (December 25, 1865).  Re:  appreciation of Lane at true weight, Lane's answer in Lykin's suit, deposition from SC.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Thomas, A. S., to SC (February 4, 1865).  Re:  gratitude for position, appointment of SC man to Osborn's[?] position, support for SC, promotion of young Warren, 49 anti-Lane men out of a job, Topeka delegation.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Thomas, A. S., to SC (March 18, 1865).  Re:  return of Lawrence and his claimed accomplishments, holding Indian Agency in reserve, statement overheard concerning Senate or Congressional member from the City.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 62: Political Affairs - Kansas Republican Central Committee.  Campaign circular, rough draft (n.d.).  Re:  fraudulent Senatorial election to fill Senator Lane's place, bribery of representatives, opposition to premature election, appeal to the people of Kansas.  To be signed by Chester Thomas, Chairman, Republican State Central Committee.  Handwritten.  3 pages.

F 63: Political Affairs - Kansas Republican Central Committee. -- Checks and Bank Account (October, 1862-August, 1864).

F 64: Political Affairs - Kansas Republican Central Committee. -- Checks (June 26, 1865-November 22, 1866).

F 65: Political Affairs - Kansas Republican Central Committee. Correspondence.

a. Bennett, Abram, to SC (January 23, 1865).  Re:  inability to pay assessment without assurance that he will retain appointment for one year, sickness during last campaign.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Fuller, Perry, to SC (January 19, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  request that SC hold back report or cast vote favoring Davis.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

c. Shannon, A. J., to SC (January 3, 1865).  Re:  depositing of assessment for General Blunt.  Handwritten.  Partial sheet.

d. Handwritten note re mileage of Senators Lane and Pomeroy from Kansas (n.d.)

F 66: Political Affairs - Kansas Republican Central Committee. Vouchers.

a. Vouchers Unpaid.

(1) Ballard, D. E. (n.d.).  For subscriptions to newspapers and hotel bills for delegates and newspaper men during convention at Topeka.  Handwritten.  1 page with five attached receipts.

(2) Bulletin Company (November 12, 1864). For advertisements, subscription to and copies of newspaper, tickets, poll books, instructions to soldiers, sheet posters, etc.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(3) Emmert, D. B., Union Monitor and Job Office (November 15, 1864).  For printing posters and election tickets for soldiers.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.  Handwritten note on reverse side (November 15, 1864) concerning work and payment therefor, and congratulations on SC's probable election.

(4) Macdonald & Baker (n.d., for April 21-October 5, 1864).  For handbills, tickets, and advertisements.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(5) Meek & Thomas (n.d., for September 15-November 9, [1864].  For teams of horses and carriages.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

(6) Wilder & Weightman (November 18, 1864).  For printing advertisements, bills, letter heads, and circulars.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

(7) Wright, John W. (November 10, 1864).  For printing bills pamphlets, and advertisements.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

b. Vouchers Paid [2 vouchers and 1 receipt].

(1) Atchison Free Press (n.d., for 1864).  For printing of hand bills, advertisements, and election tickets, and for band and other expenses.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Miller, Robert H., to SC (November 24, 1864).  For use of public hall.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

(3) Receipt for expenses for Committee (n.d.).  Signature is undecipherable.

F 67: Political Affairs - Kansas Union League. Correspondence.

a. Kempf, William, to SC (February 8, 1866).  Re:  reorganization on basis of revised ritual, order for copies of ritual and proceedings.  Handwritten.  2 pages, both sides of first page.

b. Kempf, William, to SC (February 16, 1866).  Re:  need for reorganization in order to continue control of state politics, advisability of ignoring the old organization, request for list of reliable persons in the river towns, need for money to commence action.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Kempf, William, to SC (February 27, 1866).  Re:  absence of reply from SC, need for capital, need for someone to consult with and to sign for SC, request for signed charters, request that SC pay for order for ritual and proceedings.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 68: Postal Affairs - Appointments (A-E).

a. Anthony, D. R.

(1) Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 5, 1865).  Re:  reappointment as Postmaster.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Anthony, D. R., to SC (January 15, 26, and 30, 1866).  Three telegrams.  Re:  reappointment of Anthony or appointment of McDowell as Leavenworth Postmaster.  Handwritten on printed forms.  3 pieces.

b. Bacon, Mrs. Hartwell, S. C., to SC (March 15, 1866).  Re:  request that SC see Massachusetts Representative, John D. Baldwin to vouch for petitioners for Mrs. Bacon as Postmistress, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Cavaness, James M.  Cavaness, A. A. B., to SC (February 27, 1865).  Re:  appointment of JMC as Postmaster.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Converse, L. P.

(1) Converse, L. P., to SC (February 15, 1865).  Re:  appointment as Special Mail Agent on Eastern Division of the Union Pacific Railway, Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) McGrew, James S., to SC (February 21, 1865).  Re:  recommendation of Converse in Hawkins Taylors place.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Crall, J. C.  Murphy, Thomas, to SC (February 28, 1865).  Re:  opposition of JCC to SC in the late election, inadvisability of giving him contract to carry the mails from Atchison to Topeka.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Dutton, M. R., to SC (January 15, 1866).  Re:  appointment as mail agent.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Eccleston, E. N.  Shannon, Wilson, to S. C. Pomeroy (November 24, 1865).  Re:  recommendation of ENE for mail agent for the state of Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Note on reverse side referring letter to SC.

h. Evans, .  C. C. Hutchinson to SC (January 22, 1865).  Re:  desire of all Ottawa business men for retention of Evans as Postmaster.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 69: Postal Affairs - Appointments (G-K).

a. Graham, Elizabeth.  Graham, Robert, to SC (April 28, 1865).  Re:  thanks for appointment of daughter as Postmistress, reason for not receiving commission, refusal of present incumbent to prove up until she is commissioned.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Hanks, C. J., to SC (February 16, 1867).  Re:  appointment as [Mail?] Agent for the U.P.R.W.E.D.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Handwritten note by SC at top of page re presence of Mr. Wright in the city.

c. Hard, A. H., to SC (February 12, 1865).  Re:  assistance with his bid for the Lawrence and Paola mail route, benefit to Hard & Reynolds of appointing Barricklow as Sac Agent, request that Lane send check.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Hard, A. H.

(1) Hard, A. H., to SC (February 19, 1866).  Re:  application for state Mail Agent.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Hillyer, G. S., to SC (February 13, 1866).  Re:  appointment as Postmaster of Grasshopper Falls, location of post office in his nephew's store, failure of state legislature to help state or themselves, resignation of Lacock.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Horn[?], S. K., to SC (February 21, 1867).  Re:  appointment as Lawrence Postmaster, attempt of Judge Thacher to turn public opinion against SC, Ross, and Pomeroy.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Jackson, Jesse H.  McKee, S. E., to SC (February 17, 1866).  Re:  recommendation of JHJ for Olathe Postmaster, removal of Davidson.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Johnson, Mrs. H. P See Box 2 F 51-f, Newspapers, Leavenworth Bulletin, letter, Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 5, 1866) re appointment as Leavenworth Postmistress.

g. Jones, Edward.  Cobb, David R., to SC (April 14, 1866).  Re:  appointment of EJ as Postmaster of Marmiton to replace Daniel M. Brown who was killed in raid.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Knight, John, to SC (February 25, 1866).  Re:  thanks for report, thanks for appointment as Postmaster of Benington, praise of SC's Congressional activities, request for seeds to distribute.  Handwritten.  1 page, damaged.

F 70: Postal Affairs - Appointments (L-S).

a. Legate, [J. F.].  Anthony, D. R., to SC (January 21, 1866).  Re:  Legate's disinterest in Mail Agent appointment, necessity of having a friend of SC in that position, Legate's statement concerning denouncing Carney in state Senate.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Long, Lt. William C.  Finn, D. C., to SC (February 18, 1866).  Re:  appointment of WCL as Postmaster at Butler, Bates County, Missouri, Rebel activities of T. H. Stearns, Postmaster at Pleasant Gap, Bates County, Missouri which prevented DCF from settling there.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Manlove, S. A. See Box 1 F 110-a, Appointments, Insley, letter, Insley, M. H., to SC (March 6, 1865) re retention of SAM as Fort Scott Postmaster.

c. Marshall, S. A., to SC (January 17, 1866).  Re:  ownership of arm and leg factory in Georgia, desire for appointment as State Mail Agent for Georgia, ability to take oath without modification.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Martin, [George?].  Fairchild, G. H., to SC (February 24, 1865).  Re:  unification of Republican Party, retention of Martin as Atchison Postmaster.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Moonlight, Thomas, to SC (January 30, 1866).  Re:  appointment as Leavenworth Postmaster.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Reynolds, P. G., to SC (April 26, 1866).  Re:  bid for mail route, SC's political strength.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Riddle, Robert, to SC (February 4, 1866).  Re:  desire for appointment as Postmaster at Grasshopper Falls, request for seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Root, Mary A.  Blacklidge, A. N., to SC (January 15, 1866).  Re:  appointment of MAR as Postmistress at Agness City, change of post office name to Rockford, passage of bill for the benefit of John G[?]. Jones.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

i. Sanford, Eph. H., to SC (February 22, 1866).  Re:  motion to name county after SC, defeat of Library bill in state senate, application for mail agent, establishment of post office and increase of service on the Santa Fe Railroad.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

j. Snyder, Henry.  Barricklow, W., to SC (February 25, 1865).  Re:  appointment of HS as Baldwin Postmaster.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 71: Postal Affairs - Appointments (T).

a. Taylor, Hawkins.

(1) Taylor, Hawkins, to SC (May 16, 1865).  Re:  holding open mail agency for HT until fall, collection of money for HT from Low.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) List in SC's handwriting of signatures on application of Hawkins Taylor for appointment of Special Mail Agent for Kansas and Adjacent Territories, and names of letter writers.  1 page.

b. Tomlinson, James A..  Buck, Asahel, to SC (December 5, 1866).  Re:  petition for removal of General C. W. Blair and appointment of JAT as Postmaster of Fort Scott, advice that SC run for Senate in the fall.  Handwritten.  2 pages.

c. Tuttle, Frank H., to SC (April 18, 1866).  Re:  retention as postmaster of Quindaro, petition in SC's hands for his removal.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 72: Postal Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous.

a. Akers, George W., to SC (February 12, 1867).  Re: need for increase in salary.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Note in SC's handwriting at top of letter re bringing to attention of Post Office Department. 

b. Anthony, D. R., to SC (December 19, 1866).  Re:  charges made by Carney against DRA on file in Post Office Department, article in Journal favoring SC's election as Senator, Carney's payment to McReynolds for support.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Fletcher, S. H., to SC (February 13, 1865).  Re:  need to resign unless salary increased, request that SC present memorial to Postmaster General.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Gregory, H. I., to SC (December 3, 1866).  Re:  resignation because of nomination to state legislature, request that SC assist in getting resignation accepted.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Irwin, J. C., to SC (March 10, 1866).  Re:  introduction to and assistance concerning mail service for Mr. S. A. Lellia[?].  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Jackson, M. V., to SC (May 18, 1865).  Re:  information concerning complaint filed against MVJ at Post Office Department.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Miller, Aug., to SC (May 5, 1865).  Re:  increase in salary as Postmaster because of town growth, request that SC state his case to the Postmaster General.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Orr, Samuel, to SC (December 8, 1866).  Re:  lack of receipt of payment for mail service on Solomon City to Ayersborough[?] route.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Osborn, , to Judge (January 24, 1865).  Re:  removal of Delaware post office and appointment of new post master, request that he see SC and request that no change be made.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Randall, Alex. W., First Asst. P. M. Genl., to SC (February 5th, 1866).  Re:  inability to furnish papers in the Leavenworth City Post Office case to SC, furnishing of copies to the Post Office Committee of the Senate.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Rice, P. L., M.D., to SC (February 25, 1867).  Re:  names of non-citizens on petition for change of postmaster and location of post office, request for information on action on petition, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

l. Tucker, Edwin, to W. O. K. Cone (December 10, 1866).  Re:  immediate acceptance of his resignation as Eureka postmaster because of election to state legislature.  At end of letter is note from Cone referring matter to SC.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 73: Postal Affairs - Mail Routes. Correspondence.

Burlingame to Council Grove.  See Box 2 F 70-i (Postal Affairs - Appointments), letter, Sanford, Eph. H., to SC (February 22, 1866) re establishment of tri-weekly route.

a. Carthage to Baxter Springs via Lowell.  Peck, Orson, to C. Clark [sic] (February 11, 1867).  Re:  petition for tri-weekly mail from Carthage to Baxter Springs, change in route from Fort Scott to Baxter Springs to run via Lowell, moving of Brushvill Postoffice to Lowell and change of name to Lowell Post Office, homesteading on Neutral Lands, prospects of railroad in southeast corner of state.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Fort Scott to Gibson.  See Box 2 F 29-e, Legislation, Railroads, letter, McDowell, C. C., to SC (January 25, 1867) re making route a triweekly.

b. Fort Scott to Springfield, Missouri.  Shannon, W. S., and Manlove, S. A., to SC (January 13, 1866).  Re:  route via Lamar and Greenfield.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

c. Olathe to Black Jack.  Sponable, J. W., to SC (December 17, 1866).  Re:  cancellation of route from Black Jack to Willow Springs and retaining route from Olathe to Black Jack and return.  Handwritten.  2 pages.

d. Ottawa to Burlington.

(1) Moler, John, to SC (December 11, 1865).  Re:  establishment of new route from Ottawa by Jackson Means and Mineral Point to Burlington.  Handwritten.  1 page; both side.

(2) Kent, Orson, to SC (December 19, 1865).  Re:  discontinuation of Lawrence to Burlington route, and establishment of one from Ottawa to Burlington, resultant cost reduction and better service.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Pawnee, Nebraska to Fairland, Kansas.  See Outsized Materials Box Q F 2 for clipping, "Letter from Hon. Sidney Clarke" to E. C. Manning (October 30, 1865) (n.d. or source) re establishing mail route between Pawnee, Nebraska, and Fairland, Kansas, and post office on the route.

e. Topeka to Council Grove via Auburn, Wilmington, Waushara, Allen, and Rock Creek.  Swallow, J. R., to SC (January 22, 1866).  Re:  change in Rt. No.  14022 to go through Auburn, Wilmington, et al., instead of through Dover and Mission Center.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides. 

f. Wilmington to Burlingame.  Shepard, H. D., to SC (January 22, 1866).  Re:  mail being carried by private conveyance, small expense of tri-weekly route from Wilmington to Burlingame, approval of Swallow's proposed change.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Warnego to Council Grove via Alma.  Loomis, H. J., to SC (December 7, 1866).  Re:  petition for establishment of route from Warnego to Council Grove, question whether map is necessary with petition.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Washington to Tuttles Salt Works, then up Republican River.  Darby, Rufus, to SC (April 9, 1865).  Re:  receipt by SC of papers for route.  Handwritten.  1 partial page.

Wilmington to Americus.  See Box 2 F 70-i, Postal Affairs, Appointments, Sanford), letter, Sanford, Eph. H. to SC (February 22, 1866).

i. Unspecified route.  Allen, C. G., to SC (February 13[?], 1866).  Re:  petition for proposed route, desire for service by next summer.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 74: Postal Affairs - Post Offices. Correspondence.

a. Baxter Springs.  J. H. McMillan, to SC (December 13, 1866).  Re:  post office and postmaster for Baxter Springs, instructions concerning town sites on government land, land titles.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Clinton.  Beam, J. A.[?], to SC (January 6, 1866).  Re:  establishment of Post Office, hiring of mail carrier until July 1, request for information on treaties for any Cherokee lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Fort Scott.  Johnson, Charles W., to SC (January 30, 1867).  Re:  petition for needed post office.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Iowa City.  Langdon, S. J., to SC (February l8, 1867).  Re:  petition for post office, postmaster, and mail route from Pleasant View to Monmouth via Iowa City, purchase of land by government to enable homesteading, amendment of treaty to prevent sale of entire tract, belief in "squatter's rights," legislation granting right of preemption, SC's stand on reconstruction.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Lowell.  See Box 2 F 73-a, Postal Affairs, Mail Routes, letter, Peck, Orson, to SC (February 11, 1867) re moving Brushvill [sic] post office to Lowell and renaming it.

e. Minneola.  Harris, Asa, and Wilkinson, F. A., to SC (January 2, 1866).  Re:  deferral of action on petition to move post office from Minneola to Centropolis.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Sabra.  Davis, C. Wood, to SC (December 18, 1866).  Re:  request that SC investigate lack of action on Sabra post office.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Susiette[?].  Henley, Frederic, to SC (February 9, 1866).  Re:  help in getting proposed post office to be called Susiette[?], request for materials, progress of farm, attitude toward readmission of North Carolina to the Union.  Handwritten.  1 partial page.

F 75: Quantrill Raid.  Letter.  Stevens, R. S., to SC (March 15, 1866).  Re:  summons to Washington to identify Quantrill, request that RSS be subpoenaed to save him expense of trip.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 76: Railroads. Correspondence.

Anthony, D. R. See Box 2 F 51-b, Newspapers, Leavenworth Bulletin, letter, Anthony, D. R., to SC (March 5, 1865) re demand for $21,000 to secure passage of the railroad treaty.

Babcock, C. W.  See Box 2 F 58-b Political Affairs, Kansas Politics, letter, Babcock, C. W., to SC (December 9, 1866) re election of Chicago men as officers of railroad. 

a. Bartholow, E. U., to SC (April 18, 1866).  Re:  sending of circulars and map of Reserve, immigration and sales, request for maps and public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Brumbaugh, J. D. See Box 2 F 29-b, Legislation, Railroads, letter, Brumbaugh, J. D., to SC (February 21, 1866) re gift of Kansas land by government to build railroad in Iowa. 

b. Chess, John, to SC (February 19, 1866).  Re:  approval of SC's action in regard to railroad matters.  Handwritten.  1 partial page.

Cline, J. N. M.  See also Box 2 F 40-k, Military Affairs, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, letter, Cline, J. N. M., to SC (January 20, 1866) re Lane's attempt to secure land for the LLG railroad, Goss's trip to Washington and negotiations for Pacific[?] railroad. 

Emery, J. S.  See Box 2 F 58-k, Political Affairs, Kansas, letter, Emery, J. S., to SC (December ll, 1866) re election of Chicago officers of Galveston Railroad to control it in Joy's interest. 

c. Foote, Henry, to SC (February 2, 1867).  Re:  purchase of iron for the Galveston railroad through Douglas County, request for materials, praise of SC's speech at Laing's Hall.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Goss, N. S., to SC (November 23, 1866).  Re:  importance of securing government bonds for southern branch of Union Pacific, appointment of Leftwich or other Tennessee member to House committee, congratulations on SC's re-election, NSG's retirement from politics.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Hunt, F. G., to SC (February 3, 1865).  Re:  request for maps, submission to Lane and SC of certain overlooked railroad interests which might affect Leavenworth interests, mistake in railroad scheme of southern Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Lacock, Ira J., to SC (February 19, 1866).  Re:  resignation of seat in legislature because of inability to vote for donation of land to certain railroads, opening of campaign against SC's re-election, rumor of Lane's opposition to SC.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Lines, C. B., to SC (December 1, 1866).  Re:  securing railroad station across the river from Wabaunsee.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Lines, C. B., from SC (December 9, 1866).  Re:  first claims on the railroad company for a station, offer of assistance.  Photo copy of handwritten letter.  1 page.  [Original letter is located at the Kansas Historical Society.]

McDowell, Dr. C. C. See Box 2 F 29-e, Legislation, Railroads, letter, McDowell, Dr. C. C., to SC (January 25, 1867) re request that SC oppose land grant for railroads on Neutral Lands.

h. Maxson, P. B., to SC (February 9, 1867).  Re:  necessity of adoption of Union Pacific legislation to counteract political opposition to SC's re-election.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

i. Nash, Lyman, to SC (January 12, 1866).  Re:  assurance of support for Senate candidate who secures a railroad for northeastern Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet.

Smallwood, W. H.  See Box 2 F 38-k, Military Affairs, Claims, letter, Smallwood, W. H., to SC (February 27, 1866) re petitions for land grant for Elwood to Marysville Railroad [St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad]. 

j. Smith, Charles T., P. M., to Hon. Thomas D. Eliott, M. C. (February 20, 1866).  Re:  request for chart of Pacific Railroad route.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Speer, John.  See Box 1 F l06-b, Appointments, Barricklow, letter, Speer, John, to SC (February 26, 1865) re progress of railroad westward, state legislation allowing railroad to sell delinquent stock for assessments. 

k. Speer, Sam, to SC (February 23, 1866).  Re:  removal of government land from the market in the northern tier of counties and appropriation of that land to Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, resolution requesting revocation of order, request for investigation by SC.  Handwritten.  1 folded page; both sides.

F 77: Reconstruction. Correspondence (A-O).

a. Adams, Daniel M., to SC (December 25, 1865).  Re:  approval of treatment of the "Representatives of Secession," Indian agency for Barricklow, advice to secure removal of Lines as Pension Agent, desire for position as Paymaster in the Regular Army.  Handwritten.  1 folded page; both sides.

b. Bailey, L. D., to SC (February 2l and March 12, 1866).  Re:  advice to SC to "stand fast," shame and indignation at attitude of Kansas Republican Press, decapitation of unreconstructed state Republican office-holders, necessity for the Senate to refuse confirmation of new nominees, attitude of Kansas newspapers, praise of SC's speech, fear that letter is "too brash," advice to SC to adopt General Grant's style.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

c. Bailey, L. D., to SC (April 20, 1866).  Re:  appreciation of SC's speech, doubts about Gen. Grant as next President, "utter rottenness" of father Vaughan's course.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Biggs, U., to SC (December 30, 1866).  Re:  resorting to territorial governments for secessionist states, difficulty of securing loyal governments while Johnson has appointing power, agreement with Mr. Stevens concerning admission of states on adoption of constitutional amendment, proposal of Charles Robinson for Senator.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Clark, Jeremiah.  See Box 1 F 117, Claims, letter, Clark, Jeremiah, to SC (February 23, 1866), re feelings of loyal Kansans about admission of rebels to Congress.

e. Dunn, Dr. D. M., to SC (January 15, 1867).  Re:  desire to see Congress see southern states adopt the constitutional amendments or keep representatives out of Congress, larger vote in Saline County for SC than for any other candidate.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Foster, C. A., to SC (January 20, 1866).  Re:  praise of SC's speech and the stand of the House of Representatives, lack of real loyalty in the South, lack of understanding of present condition of the Negro as freedman, getting H. J. Raymond on the right track, ultimate belief that freedom will prevail, request for concluding "Report on Conduct of the War."  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Lee, A. L., to SC (December 12, 1865).  Re:  assistance for Judge H. C.  Warmouth[?], obtaining information from HCW concerning attitudes and feelings of "men lately in rebellion," expectation that Kansans will "'go slow' on reconstruction."  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

h. Morris, John H., to SC (April 19, 1866).  Re:  praise of SC's speech on Reconstruction, prediction of Kansans repudiation of Lane, Johnson, and Carney with expenditure of money and labor, veto of Civil Rights Act.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

i. Osborn, Thomas A., to SC (April 25, n.y.).  Re:  request for law concerning trespass on Indian land, death of Lincoln, Johnson's purpose to execute the law against treason.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 78: Reconstruction. Correspondence (R-W).

a. Rice, George G., to SC (February 13, 1866).  Re:  approval of Congress position on reconstruction, request for General Grant's and Carl Shurz's reports.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

b. Rose, G. Collin, to SC (December ll, 1866).  Re:  unwillingness to see the "south gain by ballot what she tried by bullet and failed," request for Patent Office Agricultural report and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page both sides.

c. Roys, C. D., to SC (January 12, 1866).  Re:  SC's statement on soundness of Congress on reconstruction question, Lane's statement that Congress will sustain the President in his reconstruction plan, comments on Lane's meeting at Leavenworth and final passage of his resolutions, belief of people in soundness of SC and Pomeroy, Vaughn, Lane, and Sears trio.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Smith, C., to SC (February 16, 1866).  Re:  franchise for District of Columbia colored race, treating rebel states as organized territories.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Watters, Dr. James, to SC (February 26, 1867).  Re:  prospects for Reconstruction, possibility of overriding President's veto, petition for mail route from Topeka to Kennekuk and Troy.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Williams, Samuel, to SC (February 22, 1866).  Re:  Hope that Congress members will do their duty in spite of President, request for seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 79: Requests for Materials (A).

a. Aitchison, Walter (February 24, 1866).  Re:  vegetable and flower seeds.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet.

b. Akers, Dr. G. W. (March 1, 1866, and January 8, 1867).  Re:  copy of SC's D. C. Suffrage Bill speech and sample of leading Washington Republican journal; "Dictionary of Congress" and Bancrofts's address on the character of Abraham Lincoln.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Allen, J. O. (January 2, 1866).  Re:  public documents and manuscripts of speeches from phonetic reporters of the Congress.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Anderson, Thomas, to SC (March l7, 1866).  Re:  1865 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Andrews, W. W., to SC (December 29, 1866, and February 18, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office reports for agricultural and mechanical patents.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

h. Atherton, E. P., to SC (February 26, 1866).  Re:  agricultural and Patent Office reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Atwood, Sam F., to SC (January 3, 1865).  Re:  seeds, cuttings, Agricultural reports and papers.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Ayers, J. N., to SC (February 14, 1867).  Re:  Public documents, speeches and seeds; desire to circulate speeches.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 80: Requests for Materials (B-Bl).

a. Baird, J. C., to SC (February 9, 1866, and January 12, l867).  Re:  Patent Office reports, seeds, cuttings, plants, other public documents; report of the Commissioner of Agriculture.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

b. Baker, Henry (February 10, 1867).  Re:  Copy of joint resolution for reduction of the military reservation of Fort Riley.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Baker, Milford D., to SC (February 12, 1867).  Re:  Seeds.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

d. Barner, H. G., to SC (February 19, 1867).  Re:  copy of Bankruptcy law.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Bartlett, A. B., to SC (February 20, 1867).  Re:  laws of 38th Congress, second session, and 39th Congress, first session.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

f. Bassett, Owen A., to SC (January 14, 1866).  Re:  copies of bills concerning bounties or other gratuities to soldiers and military war claims, and information upon passage of same.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Bishop, George S., to SC (January 26, 1866).  Re:  Patent Office and Agriculture reports, garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Blanton, N. B., to SC (February 26, 1866).  Re:  garden and flower seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Bluckman, W. P., to SC (January 19, 1866).  Re:  seeds, Agriculture and Smithsonian reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 81: Requests for Materials (Bo-By).

a. Bonebrake, J. H., to SC (January 26, 1867).  Re:  reports of the Commissioner of Agriculture, bulbs, roots, cuttings, and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Boyd, Jno. J., to SC (February 19, 1867).  Re:  military documents for library of Lincoln College.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Broadhead, J. F., to SC (February 24, 1866).  Re:  Congressional Globe and appendix for l864 and l865 if published, or acts of Congress relating to bounties, back pay, pensions, and land warrants, receipt of SC's suffrage speech.  Also questions re possibility of bounties for 186l and 1862 enlistees and payment of Price Raid claims.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Bronson, D. M., to SC (February 19, 1866).  Re:  copies of SC's speech for members of Law School.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Brumbaugh, J. D., to SC (February 19, 1867).  Re:  report of Land Office Commissioner, garden and flower seeds.  Also re Senatorial contest.  1 page.

f. Burnham, J. G., to SC (January 12, 1866).  Re:  Patent Office report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Burns, A. M., to SC (January 21 and February 25, 1867).  Re:  "Messages and accompanying documents" for past three years, Agriculture and Patent Office reports for last year; books for school district.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

h. Burton, A. W., to SC (January 25, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office report and other public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Butler, John, P. M., to SC (February 26, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture and Patent Office reports and any other documents available for distribution, garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page; damaged.

j. Byram, J. M., to SC (February 23, 1867).  Re:  Agricultural and Patent Office reports, seeds, and cuttings.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 82: Requests for Materials (Ca-Cl).

a. Carson Library Association, A. Carothers, Corresponding Secretary, to SC (January 14, 1867).  Re:  Any books or documents for distribution.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Cassidy, J. H., to SC (February 6, 1867).  Re:  public documents, especially those on agriculture and inventing.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Chapson, John A., to SC (February 6, 1867).  Re:  seeds or public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Chestnut, William, to Hon. M. F. Conway (February 18, n.y.).  Re: Patent Office reports on agriculture for the years 1856, 1861, and 1863.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Chitwood, Pleasant, to SC (March 2, 1866, and January 6, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office reports on agriculture for 1863-1864 and 1865-1866 and seeds.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

f. Clark, Johnson, to SC (February 15, 1867).  Re:  seeds.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet with portion removed.

g. Clark, N. C., to SC (December 13, 1866).  Re:  public documents.  Also re SC's withdrawal from Senatorial canvass.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Clenahan, John M., to SC (January 28, 1867).  Re:  Agricultural Report for 1865.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Cleveland, S. F., to SC (February 6, 1866).  Re:  books on scientific matters.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 83: Requests for Materials (Co-Cr).

a. Coal Creek Library Association, Seth Kelly, Secretary, to SC (February 27, 1866).  Re:  books and public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Cochran, Charles, to SC (January 24, 1866).  Re:  Agricultural reports for 1862 and 1863.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Coggeshall, Franklin, to SC (March 2, 1866).  Re:  seeds and Patent Office report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Cook, Hugh A., to SC (December 5, 1866).  Re:  Congressional Globe and garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Copeland, Justin M., to SC (February 28, 1866).  Re:  reports on Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institute.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Cruise, James A., to SC (January 5, 1867).  Re:  public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Cutler, C. C., to SC (February 25, 1866).  Re:  speeches on Reconstruction.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Criswell, I, E., to SC (February 20, 1866).  Re:  Agricultural Report for 1862[?] and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 84: Requests for Materials (D-F).

a. Davis, George W. M. D., to SC (February 21, 1866).  Re:  Smithsonian Report for 1863 and 1864 and previous volumes.  Also mentions SC's July 4th speech at Ottumwa.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Davis, Samuel H., to SC (January 12, 1867).  Re:  Patent Report for 1865 and any good speeches.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

c. Dean, Owen, to SC (February 10, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture reports of 1864 and 1865 and one pound sugar cane seed.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Dimick, J. C., to SC (February 13, 1866).  Re:  receipt of books and speeches.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Dix, J. H[?]., to SC (February 9, 1867).  Re:  specimen copies of leading Washington Republican papers to make subscription decision.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Dolson, M. C., to SC (January 15, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture Report and other public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Donovan, David, to SC (December 3, 1866).  Re:  latest Agriculture Report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Doolittle, S. R., to SC (February 28, 1867).  Re:  seeds and books.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Eastwood, J. M., to SC (February 17, 1866).  Re:  Agricultural Report of Patent Office.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Fisher, John K., to SC (February 6, 1867).  Re:  copy of Congressional Globe, garden and farm seeds, and sorghum seeds. Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Furnus, David, to SC (January 7, 1867).  Re:  1866 Agricultural Report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

l. Furse, George H., to SC (February 27 and December 18, 1866). Re: Agricultural Reports, seeds, and cuttings.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

F 85: Requests for Materials (G).

a. Garvey, C. Amelia, to SC (March 5, 1865).  Re:  flower seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Gillpatrick, J. H., to SC (December 13, 1866).  Re:  books for his library.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Godfry, William B., to SC (February 15, 1866).  Re:  reports of Agriculture Commissioner and Smithsonian Institute.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Goodnow, Isaac T., to SC (November 30, 1866).  Re:  books for the State University at Manhattan and for the University at Lawrence.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Goodwin, Huldah Ann, to SC (February 26, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Gordon, L. E., to SC (February 14, 1866).  Re:  Patent Office reports for 1865 and l866, Agriculture report, speeches, and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Goss, David, to SC (February 8, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture reports 1863 to the present.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Graves, H. D., to SC (February 18, 1867).  Re:  1865 Agriculture report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Griffith, R. S., to SC (March 28, 1866).  Re:  garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Guthrie, J. H., to Hon. James F. Wilson, (December 24, 1866). Re: garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 86: Requests for Materials (Ha).

a. Hadley, A., to SC (January 5, 1867).  Re:  agricultural, mechanical, and political public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Hageboom, George W., M. D., to SC (December 10, 1866).  Re:  garden and wheat seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Hall, James, to SC (February 22, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture report and speeches.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Hamm, George L., to SC (April 18, 1866).  Re:  garden seeds, cuttings, and documents on government affairs.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Hampson, Joseph F., to SC (January 29, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office report and other public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Hanson, Noah, P. M., to SC (February 19, 1866).  Re:  seeds, bulbs, shrubs, cuttings, vines, trees, plants, etc. for distribution to farmers in his locality, public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Harrington, S. C., to SC (December 2, 1866).  Re:  field, garden, and flower seeds, trees, plants, and cuttings.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Hart, L. S., to SC (April 1, 1866, and January 16, 1867).  Re:  public documents and reports, and seeds; 1865 Agriculture report, copies of Congressional Globe.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

i. Harttman, D. M., to SC (January 15, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture reports from 1854 to present and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Hathaway, V. E., to SC (January 20, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 87: Requests for Materials (He-Hi).

a. Helmsley, Samuel, to SC (March 16, l866).  Re:  seeds and Agriculture report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Henley, Frederic, to SC (February 21, 1865, and January 15, 1867).  Re:  Agricultural report of Patent Office or Agriculture Department report, seeds, and cuttings.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

c. Herriott, Sam. C., to SC (January 13, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture reports for 1863 and 1864 and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Hidden, Jno. S., to SC (February 15, 1866).  Re:  1864 Patent Office report on Agriculture.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Hill, Elihu, to SC (January 20, 1866).  Re:  seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 88: Requests for Materials (Ho-J).

a. Hohnes, George B., to SC (January 20, 1865).  Re:  history of some travelers.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Horn, John, to SC (January 16, 1866, and January 8, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office reports.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

c. Howard, H. C., to SC (January 7 and February 7, 1867).  Re:  1866 Agricultural report and garden and flower seeds.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

d. Huggins, James P., to SC (January 8, 1866).  Re:  seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Hunting, J. H., to SC (February 9, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture report.  Handwritten.  1 partial sheet.

f. Insley, John A[?]., to SC (February 20, 1866).  Re:  Agriculture and Patent Office reports and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Jackson, Dr. G. B., to SC (December 17, 1866).  Re:  Patent Office report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Jenkins, E. J., to SC (December 19, 1865).  U. S. Laws for last two or three Congressional sessions.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Jones, A. G[?]., to SC (February 9, 1867).  Re:  public documents and farm favors from the Agricultural Department.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Jones, Thomas N., to SC (February 19, 1867).  Re:  seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 89: Requests for Materials (K).

a. Kansas State University, G. W. Paddock, Secretary, Board of Regents, to SC (December 11, l866).  Re:  resolution requesting materials for University Library.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Kelsey, S. T., to SC (February 8, 1866).  Re:  Agriculture report.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Kendall, John, to SC (February 15, 1867).  Re:  report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War and other reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Kennedy, J. K., to SC (January 2, 1866[?]).  Re:  bound volumes of Congressional Globe after 1860-1861, pt. 2.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Kent, Orson, to SC (March 30, 1866, and February 4, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office report for J. E. Criswell; set of last Congressional Globes or other public documents, surveys and explorations in the west.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Kingsbury, C. H., to SC (April 16, 1866).  Re:  Mechanical and Architectural reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Knight, John, to SC (December 24, 1865).  Re:  Agricultural Patent Office report for l864 and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Knight, Richard, to SC (February 6 and December 23, 1866). Re:  Agriculture reports for l864 and 1865.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

F 90: Request for Materials (L).

a. Lane, Thomas, to SC (February 16, 1867).  Re:  seeds and public document.  Handwritten.  1 partial sheet; torn.

b. Larimer, William, Jr., to SC (December 25, 1866).  Re:  public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. LaRose, Dr. John L., to SC (January 27, 1867).  Re:  public documents, Globe, and speeches.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Leech, J. M., to SC (February 6, 1867).  Re:  speeches, reports, or any public document, Agriculture reports for 1864 and 1865.  Handwritten.  1 page; torn.

e. Linsley, D. O., to SC (February l, n.y.).  Re:  earliest and best sorts of garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Lockwood, J. T., to SC (April 6, 1866).  Re:  Agriculture reports for 1857, 1859-1862, and 1865.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Long, William, to SC (January 2, 1866).  Re:  Lt. Gen. Grant's report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 91: Requests for Materials (M).

a. McArthur, M., to SC (January 23, 1867).  Re:  flower and garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. McBride, Harry, to SC (April 17, 1866).  Re:  1863 and 1864 Agriculture reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. McCahon, J., to SC (February 13, 1867).  Re:  Bankruptcy Law.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. McDowell, Thomas G., to Godwell S. Orth (January 30, 1867).  Re:  Homestead law and any other laws passed in regard to the Cherokee lands of Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Martin, H., Butler County Treasurer, to SC (February 18, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds for distribution. Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Matheny, W. M., to SC (December 12, 1866).  Re:  acts and resolutions of the 37th and 38th Congress and first session of 39th Congress.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Means, Jackson, to SC (February 20, 1867).  Re:  Agriculture reports since 1864 and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

h. Moore, R. H., to SC (December 29, 1866).  Re:  Agricultural and Mechanical Patent Office reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Moorhouse, William S., to SC (December 24, 1866).  Re:  public documents.  Handwritten.  1 partial page.

j. Moul, Alexander, to SC (January 16, 1867).  Re:  1865 Patent Office report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 92: Requests for Materials (N-O).

a. Neubert, Gustavus J., to SC (January 18, 1867).  Re:  public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Newbury, William S., to SC (January 16, 1866).  Re:  garden and Osage Orange seeds, Congressional Globe for 1865, and diplomatic correspondence.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. O'Brien, T. M., to SC (April 18, 1866).  Re:  War Department orders Nos. 148, 150, 168, and continuously to end of December, 1865.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. O'Leary, T., to SC (February 16, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Oliver, Thomas S., Jr., to SC (February 23, 1866).  Re:  Agriculture reports for 1864 and 1865.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Osborne, George L., to SC (February 17, 1865).  Re:  Patent Office and Agricultural reports, and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Overly, Abram, to SC (March 18, 1866).  Re:  1865 Agriculture Report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 93: Requests for Materials (P-R).

a. Paig, P. Q[?]. B., to Hon. J. F. Wilson (February 28, 1867).  Re:  Congressional Globe for 1862 and 1863.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Patten, H. H., to SC (January 12, 1867).  Re:  public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Paul, J. W., to SC (February 19, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Payne, M. A., to SC (January 3, 1867).  Re:  1865 and 1866 Agriculture reports, report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, and reports of Commerce and Navigation.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Pieratt, John, to SC (February 28, 1866).  Re:  garden seeds and speeches.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Plumb, P. B. to SC (September 22, 1865).  Re:  publications of War Department, Adjutant General's Office, and Agricultureal Bureau.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Quigg, M. to SC (January 22, 1866).  Re:  Army Register for 1864 and 1865, and Congressional Globe for 1864 and l865.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Rice, C. B. to SC (February 26, 1866, and February 13, 1867).  Re: Agriculture report of Patent Office, report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and any other public documents of interest to settlers.  Handwritten.  2 pieces. 

i. Richey, Barbara, to SC (February 28, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

k. Robinson, W. W. to SC (February 27, 1865).  Re:  Patent Office reports on Agriculture and Horticulture.  Handwritten.  1 page.

l. Rottman, A. to SC (January 6, 1866).  Re:  report of the Department of Agriculture for 1863 and 1864.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 94: Requests for Materials (Sa-Sp).

a. Sanford, Harlan P., to SC (February 3, 1867).  Re:  1865 Agriculture report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Saxey, A., to SC (January 11, 1867).  Re:  General Grant's report and other public documents.  Handwritten.  1 partial page.

c. Smith, Colonel E. R., to SC (February 12, 1866).  Re:  Patent Office Agriculture reports for 1863, 1864, and 1865.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Note from SC on reverse side to Mr. Cox requesting Agricultural Report for 1863 and a Mechanical Report.

d. Smith, Rev. William H., to SC (January 15, 1866).  Re:  public documents and speeches, copy of the Congressional Globe for this session.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Soule, William L. G., to SC (January 16, 1867).  Re:  seeds, plants, roots and vines, and reading matter.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Sparr, Susannah E., to W. W. H. Lawrence (n.d.).  Re:  flower and vegetable seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Note in SC's handwriting at bottom of page re T. S. Huffaker.

g. Sprong, D. H., to SC (April 19, 1866).  Re:  last Agriculture reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 95: Requests for Materials (St).

a. Stearns, J. H., to SC (February 25, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office report on Agriculture and garden seeds.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

b. Steele, Samuel B., to SC (February 10, 1866).  Re:  garden and field seed.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Stein, Dr. H.  Anthony, D. R., to SC (January 16, 1866).  Re:  Placing HS's name on mailing list to receive public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Stein, D. Herm., to SC (December 1, 1866).  Re:  Agricultural and Patent Office reports.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

e. Stevens, Curtis, to SC (February 16, 1867).  Re:  Cuba tobacco seed and vegetable seeds.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

f. Still, Henry, to SC (February 2l, 1866).  Re:  seeds and cuttings.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 96: Requests for Materials (Su-T).

a. Suissheln[?], G., to SC (February 19, 1866).  Re:  franked brown business envelope for mailing his "gospel of Reconstruction."  Handwritten.  Partial page.

b. Sutherland, D. H., to SC (December 19, 1866, and January 20, 1867).  Re:  public documents.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

c. Sutherland, Hugh, to SC (December 25, 1866).  Re:  documents, Congressional Globe, and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page; damaged.

d. Swingley, L. J., to SC (January 11, 1866).  Re:  Patent Reports from 1860 to the present.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Swingley, L. J., to Col. T. J. Anderson (February 18, 1866).  Re:  Using TJA's influence to have SC forward Patent Office reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Tallman, G. J., to SC (February 16, 1867).  Re:  Surgeon General's report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Tanner, Ellen F., to SC (February 26, 1866).  Re:  flower seed.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Torbet, J. B., to SC (January 18, 1867).  Re:  Agricultural report and garden seed.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Tredway, John G., to SC (February 10, 1867).  Re:  documents and garden seed.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. True, L. C., to SC (February 21, 1867).  Re:  seed.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Turner, M. B., to Hon. James F. Wilson (December 21, 1866).  Re:  Congressional, Agricultural, and Military Books.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 97: Requests for Materials (U-We).

a. Underhill, John, to SC (January 15, 1865, and February 28, 1866).  Re:  seeds, and Mechanical and Agricultural reports.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

b. Van Horn, B. H., to SC (January 28, 1866).  Re:  seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Veatch, Rev. E., to SC (n.d.).  Re:  Patent Office report, grain, seeds, cuttings.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Warren, Henry B., to SC (February 14, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office Report of 1866.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

e. Waugh, G. M., to SC (January 28, 1867).  Re:  documents and speeches relating to political issues and published evidence taken before the Reconstruction committee.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Weibly, J. C., to SC (February 18, 1867).  Re:  Agricultural report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Weightman, M., to SC (March 1 and April 5, 1866).  Re:  Agricultural reports for 1864 and 1865 and 1864-65 Congressional Globe.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

F 98: Requests for Materials (Wh-Wy).

a. Whitridge, M. D., to SC (January 28, 1867).  Re:  Bankruptcy bill.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Williams, Henry, to SC (January 23, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Williams, Jules L., to SC (December 15, 1866).  Rea; seeds or cuttings and Patent Office report on Agriculture.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Williams, R. A., P. M., to SC (March 17, 1866).  Re:  Agriculture report.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

e. Wise, T. J., to SC (February 11, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Withington, C. H., P. M., to SC (January 20, 1866, and February 6, 1867).  Re:  books and seeds for distribution.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

g. Wyatt, J. F., to SC (January 29, 1865).  Re:  seeds and cuttings.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 99: Requests for Materials (Multiple).

a. Amer, J.; Byington, William; Camp, A.; Campbell, S. W.; Cross, Jno.; McGuire, D.; McQuaid, J. W.; Myrick, R. D. and William; Nagle, F.; Steward, William; Tippie, M.; Waddle, William; and Willard, A.; to SC (February 13, 1867).  Re:  public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Anderson, Divine, and Cattin, I. C., to SC (February 11, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office report and speeches.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

c. Baldwin, J. M.; Briles, Alex.; Carter, L. J.; Cox, Isaac; Courtney, J. M.; Crandle, Warren; Gettys, James; Henley, J.; Little, W.; Rich, William; Schlichter, L.; and Vandever, N.; to SC (February 6, 1867).  Re:  Patent Office report on Agriculture.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Borton, W. R. and Elijah; Rinkead, George; Wilson, George M.; and Rinison, C. C., and W. M.; to SC (March 15, 1866).  Re:  Patent Office report on Agriculture, seeds, and documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Chipman, G., and Wilson, T. J., to SC (February 10, 1866).  Re:  Tea seeds and Agricultural report for 1864-1865.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Clover, Capt. C.; Collins, Samuel; Craft, Ell; Newcomb, William; Newlon, J. F.; Rice, Benjamin and John; Talbott, C. H.; to SC (January 10, 1867).  Re:  garden seeds, books, speeches, department reports, advice concerning Washington newspaper.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Colby, N.; Frasier, D. H.; and Turner, H. G.; to SC (March 5, 1866).  Re:  Agriculture report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Dailey, G. W., and Tomson, T. K., to SC (March 6, 1866).  Re:  report on Agriculture 1864-1865.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

h. Dallas, L. J., and Gum, S. J., to SC (February 15, 1866).  Re:  Congressional Globe "embracing the correspondences of the rebelion."  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Lane, Thomas; Michael, Robert; Waymire, Jacob; and Wever, John B.; to SC (January 20, 1867).  Re:  Congressional documents, Agricultural reports and other documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Noyes, C. W., and Williams, R. M., to SC (February 16, 1866).  Re:  Patent Office report, mechanical part illustrated, as far back as possible.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 100: State, Department of.  Form Letter signed by William H. Seward to SC (November 21, 1867).  Re:  availability for distribution of the Appendix to the Diplomatic Correspondence of 1865.  Printed form with handwritten entries.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 101: Suffrage. Correspondence.

a. Anthony, Susan B., to SC (December 25, 1865).  Re:  desire to see SC, address where she can be reached in New York City.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Anthony, Susan B., to SC (January 21, 1866).  Re:  request that SC present petition to Congress concerning franchisement of women, organization of New York State Equal Rights Association.  Handwritten.  1 page folded; both sides.

c. Anthony, Susan B., to SC (February 16, 1866).  Re:  Leavenworth's Mayor McDowell's swindles, Johnson's withdrawl of patronage to opponents of his policy; advice to SC to keep silent on admission of women to representation rather than to be apologetic like Sumner.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Dickerman, A., to SC (November 20, 1866).  Re:  information concerning woman's suffrage in Kansas, Michigan convention to annul constitution, focusing on suffrage.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Hanson, William H., to SC (March 17, 1866).  Re:  approval of position of Kansas Congressional delegation on the suffrage question, and disapproval of President's position, praise of Congressional speeches of SC and Clark of New Hampshire, request for public documents.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Langston, C. H., to SC (January 27, 1866).  Re:  request for speeches of members of Congress on Reconstruction and Negro Suffrage, attempt in Kansas to get right-to-vote.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Macy, E. G., to SC (February 22, 1866).  Re:  praise of SC's speech on human manhood, request for garden seeds and cuttings, Patent Office report on Mechanics, and speeches by SC, Julian, Kelly, and Sumner.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Marshall, James C., to SC (March 10, 1866).  Re:  thanks for and praise of SC's suffrage speech.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Secrest, Ed., to SC (March 14, 1866).  Re:  praise of SC's manhood suffrage speech, request for Patent Office report on Agriculture for township library.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Spindler, Wesley, to SC (February 17, 1866).  Re:  praise of SC's speech on D. C. suffrage, comments on oppression of the black man.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Stearns, George L., to SC (July 31, 1865).  Re:  praise of SC's speech, increase in number of states in favor of black suffrage, supplying SC with pamphlets.  Handwritten.  1 page.

l. Walthall, J. M., to SC (February 25, 1867).  Re:  gaining of ground on suffrage question, request for seeds and public documents.  Handwritten.  1 page.

m. Committee of Colored People of Douglas County to SC (August 23, 1865).  Re:  invitation to speak at Miller's Hall on "The Enfranchisement of the Colored Race."  Handwritten.  1 page; damaged.

n. Committee of Colored People of Douglas County from SC (October 30, 1865).  Re:  inability to accept invitation before departure for Washington, SC's ideas about proper procedures for reconstruction.  Handwritten draft of letter.  5 pages.

F 102: Transportation - Overland.  Letter.  Martin, Jno. A., to SC (December 14, 1865).  Re:  sending list of shippers across the plains from Atchison during 1865 with amount of goods shipped and number of animals and wagons employed, ordering home of 8th Kansas, combination of Lane and Carney.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 103: Women's Rights.  Letter.  Wattles, Susan E., to SC (February 9, 1866).  Re:  request that SC present enclosed petition concerning women's rights.  Handwritten.  1 page.

FORTIETH CONGRESSF 104: Agriculture, Department of. Correspondence.

a. Ellis, V. R., to SC (January 5, 1867).  Re:  reorganization of the Department of Agriculture, request for materials for himself and the Farmers Club.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Knight, John, P.M., to SC (March 12, 1867).  Re:  non-receipt of Agricultural Report and seeds forwarded by SC, suggestion for distribution of Agricultural reports and seeds through the Post Office Department in the Agricultural Districts.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Newton, Isaac, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, to SC (March 19, 1867).  Re:  compliance with SC's request in hands of Dr. D. L. Payne.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 105: Appointments (A-Fa).

a. Adams, A[?]. A., to SC (March 6, 1868).  Re:  appointment as Surveyor General of Kansas, receipt of pass.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Anderson, T. J., to SC (June 17, 1867).  Re:  appointment as sutler at Fort Lyon.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Anthony, George T.  See Box 3 F 2-a, Legislation, Military Reservations, letter, Anthony, George T., to SC (November 28, 1867) re receipt of commission and taking of office.

Baker, Thomas H.  See Box 2 F 124-h, Indian Affairs, letter, Baker, Thomas H., to SC (January 20, 1869) re appointment as U. S. Marshal for the district of Kansas.

c. Banks, A. R.

(1) Banks, [A. R.], to SC (November 19, 1867).  Re:  decision concerning Cherokee Agency.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Pomeroy, S. C., from SC (February 19, 1869).  Re:  SCP's violation of pledge concerning confirmation of ARB as Indian agent; SCP's selling of vote and influence for money and land; SC's intention to expose SCP's schemes.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Barker, R. A., Kansas Secretary of State, to SC (December 21, 1868).  Re:  appointment as Pension Agent for the state.  Handwritten.  2 pages.

e. Bishop, William, to SC (January 3, 1869).  Re:  consulship in England or Scotland.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Brinkerhoff, Moses, to SC (January 11, 1869).  Re:  request for assistance in obtaining position.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; 1 page.

Chess, John, see Box 3, F 102-a, Suffrage, John Chess to SC (November 9, 1867) re need for appointment because of election defeat.

Cross, H. C., see Box 2 F 107-i, Appointments, Hunt, letters, Jacob Stotler to SC (November 25 and December 14, 1868) re removal of Cross and appointment of Hunt.

g. Crouther, George C., to SC (December 14, 1868).  Re:  letter of reference from SC to Colonel Moonlight for position of Assistant Secretary of State.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Ewing, J. W., to SC (December 26, 1868).  Re position in Indian Bureau or U. S. Marshal's office.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

i. Farnsworth, H. W.

(1) Farnsworth, H. W., to S. C. Pomeroy (November 20, 1867).  Re:  need for employment.  Handwritten.  1 page.  On reverse side is a note from SCP to SC re doing something for HWF.

(2) Farnsworth, H. W. to SC. (December 3, 1867).  Re position in Indian Office or as appraiser of Indian lands.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 106: Appointments (Fi-G).

a. Finn, D. C., to SC (February 6, 1868).  Re:  position of Revenue Collector for southeast counties of Arkansas.  Handwritten.  2 pages.

b. Fisher, John K.

(1) Fisher, John K., to SC (November 10, 1868).  Re:  request for cooperation with Pomeroy in securing for JKF assistant assessorship of the 2nd division of Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Fisher, John K., to SC (December 5, 1868).  Re:  reasons why JKF is better candidate for assessorship than G. W. Bowman of Atchison.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(3) Fisher, John K., to SC (December 28, 1868).  Re:  gratitude for receipt of commission of Assistant Assessor.  Handwritten.  1 page.

See also Box 2 F 111-c, Appointments, Fisher et al., letter, Sternbergh, T. J., to SC (November 27, 1868) re replacing Patton with JKF; and Box 2 F l07-c, Appointments, Hard, letter, Worden, L. J., to SC (December 22, 1868) re appointment of Fisher as Assistant Assessor.

c. Gillpatrick, Colonel J. H.  Moonlight, Thomas, to SC (December 20, 1868).  Re:  holding open assistant assessorship in case JHG does not get the District Attorneyship.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Goss, Colonel, see Box 2 F 148, Legislation, Osage Treaty, letter, Emmert, D. B., to SC (March 12, 1868) re retaining Goss in Register's Office until Osage lands are disposed of.

d. Green, L. F., to SC (November 23, 1867).  Re:  request that SC nominate LFG for "any good thing," praise of SC's stand in his campaign.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Green, N.

(1) Green, N., Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, to SC (November 20, 1868).  Re:  SC's assistance in securing U. S. Marshalship for NG.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Green, N., to SC (December 3, 1868).  Re:  thanks for frankness, support from Pomeroy.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Greene[?], H. S., to SC (December 14, 1868).  Re:  position of U. S. Marshal for the Territory of New Mexico.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 107: Appointments (H_.

a. Hall, John W., to SC (December 31, 1868).  Re:  written request from SC to McCullough signifying approval of Fuller's appointment of JWH as inspector.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Hanks, C. J.

(1) Hanks, C. J., to SC (November 14, 1867).  Re:  request that SC prevent removal of CJH from position.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Hanks, C. J., to SC (December 17, 1867).  Re:  ascertainment of reasons for removal, possibility of reinstatement.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

See also Box 2 F 125-j, Indian Affairs, Osborn, T. A., to SC (December 4, 1867) re removal of CJH and need for reinstatement.

c. Hard, A. B.

(1) Hard, A. B., to SC (November 14, 1867).  Re:  Kickapoo agency.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Worden, L. J., to SC (December 22, 1868).  Re:  position among the Comanches for ABH, appointment of Fisher, Pipher, Hunt, and James as assistant assessors, distribution of Agricultural reports.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Harmon[?], Jno.  Sears, Theo. C., to SC (November 12, 1867).  Re:  recommendation of JH as sutler at some western military post.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Horton, A. H.  Snyder, S. J. H., to SC (February 11, 1869).  Re:  appointment of AHH to Delahay's position upon acceptance of Delahay's resignation.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Houston, D. W.

(l) Houston, D. W., to SC (November 19, 1868).  Re:  appointment as Sac & Fox agent, in Humboldt Land Office, or in one of the territories.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Houston, D. H., to SC (December 11, l868[?]).  Re:  knowledge that SC and Pomeroy can get him an appointment if they wish to.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

g. Hoyt, George H.

(1) Hoyt, George H., to SC (September 10, 1868).  Re:  appointment as U. S. District Attorney, payment for teams used in canvass of 42nd District.  Handwritten.  2 pages; both sides.

(2) Hoyt, George H., to SC (November 18, 1868).  Re:  acting as agent or attorney in Washington for out-of-town parties.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Hughes, Nathan, M. D., to SC (November 23, 1868).  Re:  appointment as collector of customs at Paso del Norto, New Mexico.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Hunt, F. G.  Stotler, Jacob, to SC (November 25 and December 14, 1868).  Re:  reasons for not replacing Cross with Hunt.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

See Box 2 F 107-c, Appointments, Hard, letter, Worden, L. J., to SC (December 22, 1868); and Box 2 F 111-c, Appointments, Fisher et al., Sternbergh to SC (November 27, 1868) re Hunt's appointment as assistant assessor.

F 108: Appointments (J-R).

James, .  See Box 2 F 107-c, Appointments, Hard, letter, Worden, L. J.,  to SC (December 22, 1868) and Box 2 F 1ll-c, Appointments, Fisher et al., letter, Sternbergh to SC (November 27, 1868) re James' appointment as assistant assessor.

a. LeCompte, Samuel.  Still, Henry, to SC (March 11, l867).  Re:  reason for not appointing SLC as Register under the Bankrupt Act, request that SC use his influence against such appointment.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Mahan, Jno. H., to SC (November 27, 1868).  Re:  desire for SC's cooperation in securing appointment for JHM from the Department of the Interior.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. McKay, William.

(1) McKay, William, to SC (December 23, 1868).  Re:  position as Receiver in the Junction City Land Office.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) McKay, William, to SC (January 13, 1869).  Re:  not wanting to come in conflict with Martin, possibility of appointment if Junction City Land Office is divided.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Manlove, S. A.  See Box 2 F 109-d, Appointments, Shannon, letter, Shannon, W. A., to SC (December 13, 1868) re appointment for SAM.

d. Mitchell, D. H., to SC (November 29, 1868).  Re:  appointment as agent of the Cherokees, purchase of land above Topeka.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Murphy, Thomas, to SC (November 25, 1868).  Re:  request for SC's influence in helping TM retain his position as Superintendent of Indian Affairs until his commission expires in 1870.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Peters, P. C., to SC (January 3, 1868).  Re:  consideration as applicant for position when new Land Office is opened.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Pipher, John W., to SC (December 10, 1867). Re:  SC's getting through "those two appointments," payment for month's service.  Handwritten.  1 page.

See Box 2 F 107-c, Appointments, Hard, letter, Worden, L. J. to SC (December 22, 1868) and Box 2 F 111-c, Appointments, Fisher et al., Sternbergh to SC (November 27, 1868) re Pipher's appointment as assistant assessor.

h. Prouty, S. S., to SC (December 4, 1868).  Re:  Registership of second office at Humboldt.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Reynolds, M. W., to SD (November 23, 1868).  Re:  appointment as assessor.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 109: Appointments (S).

a. Sanders, Samuel, to SC (December 3, 1868).  Re:  assistance in securing position, possibly Indian agency.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

b. Sells, Elijah, to SC (March 10, 1867).  Re: assistance in securing EJ's old position if Johnson is impeached.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

c. Shannon, Osbun, to SC (December 12, 1867).  Re:  assistance in securing position as Register of the Land Office at Fair Play, Colorado.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

See also Box 2 F 126-e, Indian Affairs, Shannon, Wilson, to SC (February 19, 1867) re appointment of OS at Shawnee Indian agency.

d. Shannon, W. A.

(1) Shannon, W. A., to SC (November 19, 1868).  Re:  desire for position as Seminole[?] agent, timing of trip to Washington, distribution of Agricultural reports.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

(2) Shannon, W. A., to SC (December 13, l868).  Re:  desire for most remunerative of other agencies if Seminole is not available, preference for coming to Washington late in season, position for S. A. Manlove[?].  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Shook, D., to SC (December 22, 1868).  Re:  thanks to SC for effort in his behalf, confidence that SC will assist when he can.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Smith, George W., to SC (March 21, 1867).  Re:  passage of Bankruptcy Bill, position as Register of Bankruptcy.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Speer, John, to SC (January 17, 1869).  Re:  support for election as State Printer, arrangement concerning Galveston difficulty.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Spicer, Martin, to SC (June 27 and November 3, 1867).  Re:  promise of Senator Ross to assist SC in obtaining position for MS.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

i. Stewart, Watson.  Redfield, J. C[?]., to SC (December 19, 1868).  Re:  reappointment of SW as Register of Land Office.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 110: Appointments (T-W).

a. Tallman, G. J., to SC (January 1, 1869).  Re:  desire for government position.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Teed, Major William J.  Chenoweth, A. W., to SC (January 8, 1868).  Re:  appointment of WJT as Register of Lands at Springfield, Missouri.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

c. Thompson, M. L., to SC (December 13, 1867).  Re:  appointment connected with removal of Indians or with the L. L. & Galveston Railroad, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Tucker, S. M.

(1) Tucker, S. M., to SC (December 21, 1868).  Re:  appointment as Register of Land Office in Humboldt, send of petition.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

(2) Tucker, S. M., to Col. Thomas Moonlight (January 2, 1869).  Re:  appointment as Register of the Land Office at Humboldt.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Added to letter is a handwritten forwarding note from TM to SC re SMT's political loyalty, swearing in of State officers, and desire to ratify suffrage bill.

e. Vaughan, Col. John C.

(1) Vaughan, S. C., to SC (December 27, 1868).  Re:  appointment for JCV.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Wilder, D. W., to SC (December 7, 186?).  Re:  assistance in securing position for and high praise of JCV.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Wallace, John A., to SC (December 5, 1868, and January 11, 1869).  Re:  prospect for getting position, request for Congressional Globe.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

g. Wells, John D., to SC (February 1, 1868).  Re:  desire for position such as U. S. Marshal of the Indians down South, an Indian agency, or a mail contract, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Whiting[?], C. C., to SC (March 16, 1868).  Re:  attempt to secure his removal from Marshal's Office, request that SC deal frankly with him.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 111: Appointments (Correspondence concerning more than one applicant or from more than one correspondent).

a. Gillpatrick, J. H., and Beates, G. E., to SC (December 18, 1868).  Re:  appointment of Assistant Assessor in Junction City Division, request that SC not commit himself until he has heard further from them.

b. Russell, S. C., and Swift, Frank.  Russell, S. C., to SC (July 6, l867).  Re:  positions as census takers or some other chance to make some money.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Fisher, Pipher, Hunt, and James.  Sternbaugh, T. J., to SC (November 27, 1868).  Re:  appointments as Assistant Assessors.  Handwritten.  1 page.

See also Box 2 F 107-c, Appointments, Hard, Worden, L. J., to SC (December 22, 1868) re appointment of Assistant Assessors Fisher, Pipher, Hunt, and James.

F 112: Claims, Miscellaneous. Correspondence.

a. Griswold, Mrs. H. M., to SC (January 14, 1869).  Re:  claims for Lawrence Raid.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Huffaker, T. S.  See Box 2 F 123-b, Indian Affairs, letter, Huffaker, T. S., to SC (January 12, n. y.) re his and Spencer's claim for provisions furnished to the Indians.

b. Russell, Ed., to SC (February 22, 1868).  Re:  undescribed claim before Congress, introduction of Thomas Logan who will represent coal company before Court of Claims if necessary.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Shannon, Wilson.  See Box 2 F 123-c and d, Indian Affairs, letters, Shannon, Wilson, to SC (July 1 and 12, 1867) re claim for fees in Indian tax cases.

Spencer, J.  See Box 2 F 123-e, Indian Affairs, letter, Spencer, J., to SC (December 30, 1868) re claim for provisions furnished to the Indians.

c. Wakeman, M., to SC (December 16, 1867).  Re:  claims for losses on the high seas from British pirates.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 113: Constituent Requests, Miscellaneous.

a. Duncan, Charles C., Kansas Secretary of State[?], to SC (February 4, 1868).  Re:  assistance for Lt. Frank Church.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Glick, G. W., to SC (December 15, 1867).  Re:  stealing of invention of Mr.  Moulton by military officers, possibility of getting some compensation for him.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Green, L. F., to SC (December 7, 1867).  Re:  request for advice about the coming Presidential canvass.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Ide, H. W., to SC (March 7, 1868).  Re:  thanks for course in national legislation and in attempted impeachment, statement of support, and wishes for success.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Ludington, R. W., to SC (December 9, 1867).  Re:  SC's opinion on alteration of laws taxing distilled spirits.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Pattee, Rebecca E., to SC (December 2, 1867).  Re:  procurement of pardon for Benjamin F. Pattee.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 114: Correspondence, Miscellaneous (A-B).

a. Abell, P. L. [?], to SC (December 8, 1868).  Re:  readiness to go to Washington, request for advice on best time to go.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Abell, P. L. [?], to SC (December 26, 1868).  Re:  arrival in Washington by January 15, meeting with Generals Loan[?] and Craig.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Alexander & Mason to SC (1868).  Re:  service to constituents for transactions connected to Patents.  Printed form letter.  1 page.

d. Babcock, C. W., to SC (December 11, 1868).  Telegram.  Re:  inability to reach Washington before Wednesday because of snow.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

e. Babcock, C. W., to SC (December 24, 1867).  Re:  removal of CWB's name from Col. Moonlight's bond.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Babcock, C. W., to SC (January 8, 1868).  Re:  removal of CWB's name from Col. Moonlight's bond, quarrel between Moonlight and Downs, progress of son at the Naval Academy.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

g. Bangs, Anson, to SC (March 12, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  arrival in Washington tonight if committee obtained for Bill.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

h. Bangs, Anson, to SC (November 28, 1867).  Re:  arrival in Mexico City, sending of progress reports.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Bangs, Anson, to G. P. Drew (November 28, 1867).  Re:  arrival in Mexico City, addresses at which he will receive mail.  Handwritten.  l page.

j. Barnes, W. H., to SC (Wednesday, n.d.).  Re:  request that SC go to Gardner's, importance of time in perfecting WHB's work.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Blunt, James G., to SC (November 18, 1867[?].  Telegram.  Re:  sending of telegram upon Hoag's arrival, necessity of seeing Hoag as soon as possible.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

l. Boynton, H. V., to SC (January 8, n.y.).  Re:  giving proof to bearer with note indicating time of speech, promise that nothing will appear until day after speech.  Handwritten.  1 page.

m. Bush, W. H., to SC (March 6, 1868).  Re:  payment of bill for the use of Laings Hall.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 115: Correspondence, Miscellaneous (C-D).

a. Carey, Edward L., Chairman, Committee to protect American citizens abroad, to SC (November 14, 1867).  Re:  mass meeting to obtain public opinion on the protection of American citizens abroad.  Printed with handwritten name of addressee.  1 page.

b. Chipman, A. J., to SC (January 30, 1868).  Re:  letter of introduction to Hon.  C. Upson of Michigan.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Clark, A. P., to SC (November 21, 1867).  Re:  bond payment.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Clark, A. P., to SC (February 3, 1868).  Re:  enclosure of statement, thanks for SC's interest.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Coffin, W. G., to SC (February 2 and 5, 1868).  Re:  finding of Oskar Miner in order to collect debt.  Handwritten.  2 pieces.

f. Davis, Sam. B., to SC (November 7, 1867).  Re:  request that SC stand by New Mexico Representative Charles P. Clever in matter of Chavez's challenge of election fraud.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Deford, John W., to SC (January 13, 1868).  Re:  permission to use SC as reference on his professional card.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Delahay, M. W., to SC (December 7, 1867).  Re:  return of his son to his old class after successfully passing January examination, Carney as opponent to SC, restoring of Hanks to his former position.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Denman, H. B., to SC (November 17, 1867).  Re:  affirmation of New Mexico Representative Charles P. Clever's loyalty and firm support of Lincoln's administration.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Devereux, N. B., to SC (November 26, n. y.).  Re:  lecture by Rev. Newman Hall.  Printed with handwritten name of addressee.  1 page.

k. Devereux, , to Bab (n.d.).  Re:  inability to find him, leaving of unnamed item with Capt. Brunswick, trip to the Falls.  Handwritten.  1 partial page.

l. Durfee, E. H., to SC (December 18, 1867).  Re:  package from Major Shanklin, inability to add otter skins to package though expecting delivery of some.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 116: Correspondence, Miscellaneous (F-H).

a. Fletcher, Mrs. S. H., Secretary.  Form letter inviting receiver to First Presbyterian Church Festival in Topeka, Kansas, to aid in erection of church building (January, 1867).  Printed with handwritten signature of secretary.  1 page.

b. Freeman, Olive, former matron of News Boys Home, to SC (n.d.).  Re:  request for franking of envelopes to assist charity work.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Goldsmith, J. C., to SC (January 29, 1867).  Re:  opportunities in Kansas for young man to do legal work.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Goss, N. S., to SC (n.d.).  Re:  thanks for permit, arrival in Washington.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Hawes, J. H., Great Republic, to SC (February 24, 1867).  Re:  copies of paper for distribution in SC's district.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Hill, Luther, Massachusetts State Senator, to SC (January 23, 1867).  Re:  payment on Kansas Territorial bonds.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

g. Hilton, George S., to SC (January 14, 1868).  Re:  addresses of people in Kansas with family name of Moses.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Hobson, B. I., to SC (January 24, 1868).  Re:  navigability of Kansas River for small steamboats and availability of good quality public lands on Kansas or Missouri River, section of country offering most inducements to settlers.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

i. Horne, D. H., to SC (January 9, 1868).  Re:  introduction of F. T. Lenard.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Horton, J. C., to SC (June 4, 1867).  Re:  SC's attendance to unspecified matter.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Houston, D. W., per Miles, to SC (November 14, 1867).  Re:  location of consul at county seat of Armagh, Belfast, or Dublin.  Handwritten.  1 page.

l. Howard, H. H., to SC (February 11, 1869).  Re:  approval of speech on land question, request for materials.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

m. Hoyt, G. H., Attorney General, to SC (November 30, 1868).  Re:  arrival in Washington, letter from Pomeroy, Green as applicant for Marshalship.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 117: Correspondence, Miscellaneous (I-M).

a. Insley, , to SC (November 11, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  selling at 5 3/4 premium.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

b. Kalloch, I. S., to SC (July 17, 1868).  Re:  ascertaining truth of statement and retraction of article if untrue.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Lewis, William H., to SC (n.d.).  Re:  discharge of WHL because of statement at banquet.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Lincoln Monument Association to SC (n.d.).  Re:  SC's election to association and request that he attend meeting.  Printed form letter with handwritten entries.  Unsigned.  1 page.

e. Lines, N. B., to SC (March 12, 1867).  Re:  request that SC lend him money.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. Martin, George W., to SC (January 5, 1869).  Re:  introduction and recommendation of S. E. Babcock.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Marvin, J. B., to SC (n.d.).  Re:  solicitation of subscription to the Radical.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. McAfee, J. B., to SC (December 4, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  sending of papers.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.  Attached is bill of lading from the Adams Express Company for delivery of package to J. B. McAfee (December 9, 1867).

i. Mills, S. E., to SC (November 26, 1867).  Re:  availability of room near SC.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Mitchell, Ron [?]., to SC (October 22, 1867).  Re:  introduction of Charles P. Clever, delegate elect from the Territory of New Mexico with request for assistance.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Moonlight, Thomas, to SC (January 11, 1868).  Re:  substitution of General Blunt's name for Babcock's on TM's bond, Pomeroy's feelings on the Downs matter, removal of Shannon.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

l. Myers, Miles S. N., to SC (March 13, 1867).  Re:  request for autograph.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 118: Correspondence, Miscellaneous (N-R).

a. National Departmental Agency, J. Carberry Lay.  Printed form letter offering business services for government offices with handwritten addition.  1 page.

b. National Union Club, John E. Addicks, Chairman.  Printed form letter re sale of documents concerning General Grant.  1 page. 

c. Perry, John D., to George Noble (n.d.).  Re:  instructions to send SC to Topeka.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Perry, John D., to SC (n.d.).  Re:  instructions sent re putting SC through, inadvisability of assisting enemy of Kansas, advice to take his place.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Rankin, W. A., to SC (July 21, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  request that SC see Ross and wait for WAR's arrival.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

f. Reynolds, George A., to SC (January 6, 1868).  Re:  expected time of arrival in Washington, furnishing of lengthy business.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Riggs, George W., et al. (n.d.).  Printed form letter announcing lecture on Greece by Dr. Samson, President of Columbian College.  1 page.

h. Russell, S. C., to SC (January 5, 1869).  Re:  request for opportunity to make a little money.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 119: Correspondence, Miscellaneous (S-W).

a. Stebbins, Catharine A. F., to SC (April 17, 1868).  Re:  importance of members of the House being in the Senate every day in "this great crisis for Republican Liberty."  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Spicer, Edward, Superintendent, Folding Room, U. S. House of Representatives, to SC (January 30, 1868).  Re:  documents due to SC.  Printed form with handwritten entries.  1 page.

c. Taylor, , to SC (January 23, 1868).  Re:  completion of investigation by Murphy, vindication of Taylor.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Thomas, A. S., to Osborn (December 2, 1867).  Re:  initiation of Thomas and Judge Delahay into Temperance organization, request that Osborn write to SC saying Judge has reformed.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Thomas, Chester, to SC ([?] 30, 1867).  Re:  assistance for R. M. Johnson.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Thompson, Edward D., to SC (November 10, 1867).  Re:  introduction to and assistance to Hon. C. P. Clever.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Wilson, John, to SC (March 13, 1868).  tickets for admission to the Senate.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

F 120: Education - Colleges and Universities.  Letter.  Davidson, J. W., Br. Major General and Professor of Military Tactics, State Agricultural College, Manhattan, to SC (January 25, 1868).  Re:  request for copies of speech by John S. Morrill advocating act establishing agricultural and mechanical colleges in each state, original intentions of Congress in the act.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 121: Indian Affairs - Cherokee Lands. Correspondence.

a. Sloan, James, to SC (December 26, 1867).  Re:  surveying of Neutral Lands, SC's opinion on whether strip can be homesteaded or whether it must be sold to the highest bidder, settlement of Quapaw strip and petition concerning ratification of Quapaw treaty, petition for state purchase of Neutral Lands and funding for purchase, railroad through Neutral Lands, publication of SC's opinion, growth of Baxter Springs, misrepresentation of SC's speech on female suffrage.  Handwritten.  2 folded sheets; both sides.  Contains handwritten referral note by SC to of the General Land Office requesting information requested in letter.

b. Sturges W., to SC (July 7, 1867).  Re:  vote of Douglas County in favor of bond issue, request that SC, Pomeroy, and Ross inform Secretary Browning that they hope he will sell Sturges & company 800,000 acres of Cherokee lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 122: Indian Affairs - Claims for Indian Depredation.

a. Fulton, S. C., to SC (January 13, n.y.).  Re:  petition concerning property stolen by the Indians.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Marshal, Abraham, to SC (January 9, 1869).  Re:  claim for damages to settlers of Asher Creek Settlement, inability to procure teams to plant crops.  Handwritten.  1 page.

c. Prescott, J. H., to SC (November 29[?], 1868).  Re:  diversion of Indian appropriations to payment for Indian depredation.  Handwritten.  2 pages.

F 123: Indian Affairs - Claims, Miscellaneous.

a. Huffaker, T. S., to SC (December 30, n.y.).  Re:  claim for food furnished to Cheyennes at request of Agent Stoner.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Huffaker, T. S., to SC (January 12, n.y.).  Re:  legitimacy of claim, support of SC, financial ruin if claim not paid.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Neuman, M. B.  See Box 2 F 151, Legislation, Seneca et al. Treaty, letter, Neuman, M. B., to SC (March 19, 1867) re claim for report concerning taxes due on Shawnee Lands in Wyandotte County.

c. Shannon, Wilson, to SC (July 1, 1867).  Re:  claim for fees in three Indian tax cases, desire to invest in Black Bob lands.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Shannon, Wilson, to SC (July 12, 1867).  Re:  payment of claim, willingness to provide extra compensation to expedite process, desire for copy of court opinion in each of the three cases involved to show to County officers.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Spencer, J., to SC (December 30, 1868).  Re:  SC's assistance in the matter of his claim for furnishing provisions to the Indians at request of Major E. S.  Stoner.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 124: Indian Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (A-C).

a. Abbott, James B., to SC (July 4, 1867).  Re:  suggested inquiry into sales of Shawnee land conveyed by common warranty not in accordance with Department rules, request that SC read JBA's letter to Ross, purchase of Black Bob land, building of wagons to trade for land.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Abbott, [James B.], to SC (November 25, 1867).  Re:  withdrawal from delegation of Charles Bluejacket and his son Jonathan Gore, stand of delegation for and against Taylor, change in interpreter, advice that SC "keep off" treaty until JBA can come.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Abbott, James B., to SC (December 31, 1867).  Re:  orders to Taylor to retain all patents issued to Black Bob settlement, testimony that patents have been locked up in Lawrence bank, damage to SC's reputation for promptness in answering letters.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

d. Abbott, James B., to SC (January 26, 1868).  Re:  exoneration of Taylor of charges made by Rogers, explanation for delay of papers, denial by Black Bob Council of signing documents and of charges made against JAB, treaty delegation, need for approval of Sally Rogers' deed to Swartzel and Vogle, delay of application for approval of common warrants.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Abell, P. T., to SC (November 24, 1868).  Re:  desire to be in Washington before action is taken on Osage Treaty or Central Branch, plans to make these matters subserve SC's and his interests without compromising SC.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides. (2 copies; one addressed to Washington and the other to Lawrence, Kansas.)

f. Ayens[?], to SC[?] (June 15, 1868).  Re:  election results, signing of protest, sending for "persons and papers," holding of last council, non-molestation of young men for Walnut Creek murders as condition precedent to signing of treaty.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Barricklow, W., to SC (January 14, 1868).  Re:  obtaining titles for settlers on Absentee Shawnee Lands, date of arrival in Washington of Speer and WB.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides. Handwritten note by SC on back re dependency on confirmation of Shawnee Treaty.

h. Baker, Thomas H., to SC (January 2, 1869).  Re:  SC's stand on Indian policy, constituents' desire for transfer of Indian Bureau to War Department, request for copy of SC's resolutions, desire for appointment of U. S. Marshal for the district of Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

Blunt, James G. See Box 3 F 36-d, Political Affairs, Kansas, letter, Blunt, James G., to SC (November 14, 1867) re holding of Choctaw and Chickasaw claims in committee; and Box 8 F 23, Personal, Loan to Blunt, letter, Blunt, James G., to SC (December 4, 1868) re ordering on to Washington of Miami delegation.

i. Boyd, James S., to SC (June 24, 1867).  Re:  protection from hostile Indians and payment for damages.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet.

j. Clark & Reynolds to SC (December 5, 1868).  Re:  approval of transfer of deed from John D. Marston to unnamed widow lady.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Referral note by SC on reverse side.

F 125: Indian Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (D-R).

a. Demont, G. D., M. D., to SC (December 21, 1868).  Re:  request for materials, sending of Professor Bellamy to assist SC in looking after Osage lands on behalf of Labette County.  Handwritten.  1 page. 

Francis, S. D.  See Box 3 F 101, Spanish Fever Cattle Disease, letter, Francis, S. D., to SC (July 9, 1867) re Black Bob Lands.

b. French, J. Cary, to SC (December 8, 1868).  Re:  Gov. Hunt's swindle involving Ute treaty, recommendation that Utes be placed on reservation in their own country, Arny[?] as special agent for the Jicarilla Apaches and failure to make a treaty with them, advisability of taking chiefs to Washington rather than sending commission to territory, commission appointments, Arny's[?] plans.  Handwritten.  2 folded sheets; both sides.

c. Irwin, W. R., Office of Indian Affairs, to SC (January 24, 1868).  Re:  request for copies of reply of the Secretary of the Interior to House Resolution introduced by Hon. C. H. Van Wyck concerning extinguishment of the Indian land titles to lands in Kansas.  Handwritten.  1 page.

d. Justice, J. S., to SC (November 30, 1867).  Re:  taking of headrights by Black Bob Indians under treaty of 1854 and selling of land, Taylor's offer of partnership with Olathe Sawyer, plea not to let Joy get the land, loss of confidence in Abbott.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet and 1 single sheet; both sides.

e. Keeler, W. J., Office of Indian Affairs, to SC (June 19, 1867).  Re:  sale of maps, publication of map of territories.  Handwritten.  1 page.

f. Lucas, Calvin W., and Meek, D. A., to SC (December 8, 1867).  Re:  placing of petition in proper hands, request that SC use influence for benefit of settlers.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. McKee, H. H., to SC (December 8, 1868).  Re:  time of opening of Sac and Fox Reservation, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. McNeil, John, to SC (March 9, 1868).  Re:  recommendation of Captain Gentry for permit to trade with Indian tribes.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

i. Meek, D. A., to SC (December 17, 1867).  Re:  legality of headrights issued in June, fear of swindle of settlers.  Handwritten.  1 page.  See also letter in F 118-f above, Lucas, Calvin W., and Meek, D. A., to SC; and Box 2 F 124-f, Indian Affairs, letter, Ayers to SC (June 15, 1868) re holding of last council and condition "to the signing of the treaty" concerning the "Walnut Creek Murders."

j. Osborn, T. A., to SC (December 4, 1867).  Re:  contracts for Indian supplies, destitution of wild Indians of the plains, economy of feeding rather than fighting Indians, reform of Delahay and "Dolph,", removal of Hanks, message from Baker.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

k. Rager, F. F., to SC (December [?], 1868).  Re:  request for information about action of Congress concerning Osage Lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.

l. Reynolds, M. W., to SC (July 19, 1867).  Telegram.  Re:  fight on Wortham and Shanklin, advice to remain uncommitted for now.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

F 126: Indian Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous (S-W).

a. Shanklin, H., to SC (June 23, 1867).  Re:  purchasing of supplies before receiving orders to turn funds over to Supt. Wortham, moving of Indians.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Shanklin, H., to SC (July 18, 1867).  Re:  Wortham's intention to remove Shanklin, Reynolds request for $500 to help Shanklin retain position, good relations with Wortham during visit, request that SC look into matter.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

c. Shanklin & Garrett to SC (November 18, 1867).  Re:  present location, request for aid for Wichitas, otter skins and robe for SC, hopes of being ordered to Washington in January.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Shannon, W. A., to SC (December 17, 1868).  Re:  continuance or reappointment for Reynolds as agent of the Seminoles, request for materials for the Agricultural Society of Bourbon County.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Shannon, Wilson, to SC (February 19, 1867).  Re:  delivery of letters to Major Abbott, desire to see Askew get appointment to Shawnee agency.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

f. Shepherd, Jacob R., Secretary, American Missionary Association, to SC (November 1, 1867).  Re:  organization of Bureau of Indian and Freedmen's Affairs in the War Department.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

g. Simpson, B. J., to SC (January 15, 1868).  Telegram.  Re:  ordering of Indian delegation.  Handwritten on printed form.  1 page.

h. Taylor, H. L., to SC (January 2, 1868).  Re:  securing of orders for HLT to proceed to Washington from Commission of Indian Affairs.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Thompson, Edward D., to SC (August 31, 1867).  Re:  introduction of Gen.  James H. Carleton and affirmation of his knowledge on Indian affairs and the Pacific Railroad.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

j. Washburn, J. A., M. D., to SC (November 19, 1868).  Re:  assistance to George Powers and delegation of Sac and Fox Nation.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

k. Weed, Samuel R., Clerk, District Court, to SC (April 15, 1868).  Re:  petition concerning Pottowatomie Reserve, request for Patent Office Reports.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

F 127: Indian Affairs - Department of the Interior. Correspondence.

a. Browning, O H., Secretary, to SC (March 16, 1868).  Re:  copy of communication from E. G. Ross of December, 1867, concerning sale of Cherokee Neutral Lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Unsigned recommendation to Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior (November 23, 1867), concerning unsold lands of the Ottawa University Enterprise.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 128: Indian Affairs - Indian Raids.  Photocopy of letter.  SC to Gen. O. O. Howard (January 2, 1869).  Re:  suffering of settlers as a result of Indian raids, need for immediate relief, suggestion that OOH's Bureau provide money which could later be reimbursed by action of Congress.  Handwritten.  2 pages. Copies from Kansas Historical Society.

F 129: Land Office, United States. Correspondence.

Abbott, James B.  See Box 2 F 124-d, Indian Affairs, letter, Abbott, James B., to SC (January 26, 1868) re approval of deed of Sally Rogers to Swartzel and Vogel[?].

a. Gristy, Stephen, to SC (December 19, 1868).  Re:  approval of deeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Martin, George W., to SC (December 31, 1868).  Re:  dropping from printed form of oath formerly required for homestead applicants, procedure by which Homestead Act was amended, objections of some Kansans.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.  Handwritten note by SC on reverse side referring letter to J. S. Wilson, Commissioner, General Land Office.

c. Melville, W. G., to SC (December 21, 1868).  Re:  definition of limits of Addis Island No. 4 in the Kansas River at high water mark.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Reverse side has handwritten note from SC referring letter to J. S. Wilson, Commissioner, General Land Office.

d. Redfield, John S., to SC (November 28, 1867).  Re:  cancellation of entries for 1600 acres in Bourbon County for benefit of the Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad, appeal of Secretary of the Interior, request for opinion of Attorney General if cancellation sustained.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

e. Russell, Ed., to SC (December 2, 1867).  Re:  obtaining list of patentees for list of lands sent to SC.  Handwritten.  2 pages.

f. Snyder, S. J., to SC (December 16, 1868).  Re:  differences in preemption allowances along railroad line in the Republican valley.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Sternbergh, F. J., to SC (December 21, 1868).  Re:  request for certified copy of patent for Addis Island No. 4.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

h. Taylor, George, to SC (February 6, 1868).  Re:  inequality of size of homesteads on surveyed Railroad Lands, request for public documents.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

i. Wilson, Joseph, Commissioner, General Land Office, to SC (February 25, 1867).  Re:  copies of circulars pertaining to Townsites and Town Lots.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Wilson, Joseph, Commissioner, General Land Office, Department of the Interior, to SC (December 30, 1867).  Re:  enclosure of letter to Register and Receiver at Humboldt concerning Osage lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.

k. Wilson, Joseph, Commissioner, General Land Office, Department of the Interior to SC (January 25, 1868).  Re:  enclosure of circular for Mr. Summey[?] concerning disposal of the public lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Note on reverse side by SC stating that letter was not enclosed and requesting return.

l. Wilson, Joseph, Commissioner, General Land Office, Department of the Interior, to SC (December 1, 1868).  Re:  approval of petition of M. R. Poole, D. M. Henderson, et al., concerning defense of claims by deposition before proper officers nearest at hand, authorization for officers to conduct hearings at town nearest to claim in litigation under certain conditions.  Handwritten.  3 pages.

m. Wilson, Joseph, Commissioner, General Land Office, Department of the Interior, to SC (December 11, 1868).  Re:  enclosure of draft of Joint Resolution for changing the government policy concerning Indian relations.  Handwritten.  1 page.

n. Wilson, Joseph, Commissioner, General Land Office, Department of the Interior, to SC (January 4, 1869).  Re:  enclosure of draft of bill for relief of certain settlers upon lands along the original route of the Union Pacific Railway Company.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 130: Land Offices, Kansas.  Letter.  Crowther, George C., to SC (December 21, 1868).  Re:  request for division of Junction City Land District.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 131: Legislation - Claim Agent's Fee For Obtaining Bounties for Colored Members of the Armed Forces.  Letter.  Hadley, D. B., to SC (January 20, 1868).  Re:  change to raise amount of claim agent's fee so that charge is the same for obtaining bounties for both colored and white members of the armed forces.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Handwritten note by SC indicating impossibility of getting Congress to do this.

F 132: Legislation - Claims for French Spoliations.  H. R. 46, "to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st of July, 1801," by Leonard Myers (Pennsylvania).  Letter, Field, G. W., M.D., to SC (February 13, 1867).  Re:  enlisting Sen.  Sumner's support of bill, hope for early adjustment of claims.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 133: Legislation - Claims for Indian Depredations.  Letter.  Prescott, J. H., to SC (January 14, 1868).  Re:  congressional action on appropriation for payment of losses from Indian depredations, procedure for filing claims, memorial to Congress from state legislature concerning such appropriations passed today.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

F 134: Legislation - Cotton Tax, Repeal of.  Resolution instructing the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of repealing the tax on cotton, by Mr. Blaine (November 21, 1867).

a. Bowles, J., to SC (November 23, 1867).  Re:  suggestion that Republican Party indicate its intention to remove the tax, as means of inducing the south to vote for convention and ratify the Constitution.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Foster, C. A., to SC (November 21, 1867).  Re:  belief that repeal of cotton tax is unwise, great possibility that frauds will result in refunding tax collected since September 1.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 135: Legislation - Courts, Circuit and District.

a. Anthony, D. R., to SC (December 24, 1868).  Re:  bill to give Leavenworth one session each of the U. S. District and Circuit Court, and appropriation for Post Office and Court House.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Anthony, D. R., to SC (December 26, 1868).  Re:  influence of petition by Judge Delahay for obtaining one session each of the U. S. District and Circuit Court, public relations effect of appropriation for building.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 136: Legislation - Education, Department of. House of Representatives, 3d Session, Rep. Com. No.  , Report from the Committee on Labor and Education (February 16, 1868).  Re:  result of examination into present condition of Department and plans and measures of the Commissioner and Committee recommendations for the Department.  Printed.  12 pages.

F 137: Legislation - Fourteenth Amendment.  Letter, Speer, John, to SC (December 5, 1868).  Re:  securing text of amendment and announcement of its adoption for insertion in General Statutes, Republican prediction of SC's election, obtaining Presbyterian gown.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 138: Legislation - Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company.  Letter.  Garrison, D. R., President, Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company, to SC (January 7, 1868).  Re:  possibility of legislation unfriendly to the Bridge company, request for SC's attention to the matter.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 139: Legislation - Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Correspondence.

Anthony, George T.  See Box 3 F 2-a, Legislation, Military Affairs, Fort Leavenworth, letter, Anthony, George T., to SC (November 28, 1867) re report for impeachment by majority of committee.

Crawford, George A..  See Box 3 F 34-c, Political Affairs, Campaign, letter, Crawford, George A., to SC (March 9, 1868) re desire to see Johnson out.

a. Dunn, D. M., to SC (April 7, 1868).  Re:  approval of SC's speech on impeachment, its reflection of feelings of people in his area, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Eagle, R. F., to SC (April 10, 1868).  Re:  thanks to SC for his Congressional actions, advice that SC "push ahead with impeachment," request for last Census Report and Finance Report.  Handwritten.  1 page.

Emmert, D. B.  See Box 2 F 149, Legislation, Osage Treaty, letter, Emmert, D. B., to SC (March 12, 1868) re satisfaction with SC's speech on impeachment, advice to stand firm and permit no delay.

c. Grable, John, to SC (March 6, 1867; note on letter indicates it was sent March 17, 1868).  Re:  hope that Congress may have deposed Johnson by now, criticism of Johnson's policy of despotism and praise of Congress, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 folded page; both sides.

d. Green, Louis F., to SC (February 28, 1868).  Re:  unanimity of Republicans on the impeachment question, confidence in SC, lack of Democratic strength, hope for replacement of democrats who hold positions, request for seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Harrison, A. A., to SC (March 6, 1868).  Re:  request for seeds; hearty endorsement of impeachment by all voters who speak of it.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

f. McMillan, J. W., to SC (March 12, 1867).  Re:  desire to see Johnson impeached, but would advise making attempt only if sure of success, request for report.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

Smith, Calvin.  See Box 3, F 37-f, Political Affairs, Kansas Politics, letter, Smith, Calvin, to SC (March 6, 1868) re the justice of impeachment of the President. 

g. Strasburg, James S., to SC (March 9, 1867).  Re:  favoring impeachment and reconstruction bill, thanks for Congressional Globes.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Van Winkle, R. A., to SC (March 15, 1867).  Re:  settlement by Congress of reconstruction question, judiciousness of impeaching President if he is powerless and if he executes the laws of Congress, pleasure at election of Ross and Pomeroy, differing opinions on Lane, D. R. Anthony's foolish statement concerning lack of trust in anyone born below the Mason-Dixon line, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 140: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Cherokee Neutral Lands. Government documents.

a. 40th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Executive G, "Message of the President of the United States communicating a treaty concluded the 14th of March between the United States and the Cherokee nation of Indians, providing for the sale of their lands in Kansas, known as the 'Cherokee neutral lands.'"  Re:  sale of land to the Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company.  Printed.  6 pages.

b. 40th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 85, "Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House (December 11, 1867) transmitting report relative to the sale of certain Indian lands in Kansas."  Re:  completion of sale of Cherokee neutral lands to Mr. James F. Joy as soon as number of acres to be sold is determined.  Includes report from Charles E.  Mix, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs to O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, concerning the extinguishment of Indian lands in Kansas (January 8, 1868).  Printed.  12 pages.

F 141: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Cherokee Neutral Lands. Correspondence (B-N).  S. 15, "to provide for giving the right to purchase to settlers on the Cherokee neutral lands," by E. G. Ross; and H. R. 26, "to provide for giving the right of preemption to settlers on the Cherokee neutral lands and for other purposes," by SC.

a. Barrett, A. B., to A. P. Seeley (August 19, 1868).  Re:  discussion between ABB and Joy concerning support and opposition of Joy and his sale of land.  Handwritten copy of letter.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

b. Benson, W. F., to SC (February 7, 1867).  Re:  authorization for survey of Neutral Land presently being conducted, problems anticipated because of new settlers on claims of older settlers, inclusion of time limitation in law.  Handwritten.  Partial page.

c. Coleman, A. W., to SC (February 5, 1886 [should be 1868?].  Re:  desire to have land brought to market at earliest possible moment.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.  Handwritten note by SC at end of letter concerning reply referring AWC to a letter to Barricklow published in the Lawrence Tribune.

d. D , Seth, to SC (January 11, 1868).  Re:  report on minerals of the Neutral Lands.  Handwritten.  1 page.

e. Dugger[?], William H., to Col. R. R. Butler (December 7, 1868).  Joy's attempt to defraud settlers on the Neutral Lands, request for copy of treaties and contract of sale to Joy.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. Jones, W. W., to SC (December 23, 1867).  Re:  reaction of settlers on Neutral Lands to SC's introduction of bill opening Neutral Lands to settlement.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Joy, J. F., to A. V. Peters (July 20, 1868).  Re:  intention to contest claims of settlers only when claim was not justly made and was sustained by false testimony.  Handwritten.  3 pages.

h. Manwell, William, to SC (March 30, 1868).  Re:  request for information concerning disposition of the Neutral Lands, request for southern sugar cane or source for purchase.  Handwritten.  1 page.

i. Moulton, Elisha P., to SC (March 5, 1868).  Re:  settlers' reactions concerning land sharks, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page.

j. Newlon, J. F., to SC (n.d., answered January 18, 1869).  Re:  opinion of A.  Johnson, anxiety of settlers concerning their fate, hope that SC will be successful against the Railroad Company and for the settlers, request for materials.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 142: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Cherokee Neutral Lands. Correspondence (P-T).  S. 15, "to provide for giving the right to purchase to settlers on the 'Cherokee neutral lands,'" by E. G. Ross; and H. R. 26, "to provide for giving the right of preemption to settlers on the Cherokee neutral lands and for other purposes," by SC.

a. Peters, A. V., to SC (March 15, 1867[?]).  Re:  letter received from Col. Finn concerning SC's desire for Finn to visit Washington to help in passage of Neutral Lands homestead bill in the House of Representatives, request for pre-empted homesteads if possible, lack of crop and losing of stock, inability of some settlers to pay even $l.25 per acre, failure to receive copy of Preemption and Homestead Laws.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides. Handwritten note by SC on back indicating answer to letter.

b. Ross, E. G., to Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior (December [?], 1867).  Re:  request for cancellation of contract for sale of Cherokee Neutral Lands, cruelty to settlers of bulk sale, aversion of Indians to projected sale and intention to protest and have sale set aside if consummated.  Handwritten.  6 pages.  [Draft or copy of letter?]

c. Sanford, Amos, to SC (December 19, 1868).  Re:  Joy's strong support in Baxter Springs, settlers' convention at Columbus, request that SC continue efforts to have all land come under Preemption laws.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Sinks, T., to SC (January 11, 1869).  Re:  coal beds and lead veins in the Cherokee Neutral Lands.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

e. Smith, Sidney S., to SC (January 14, 1868).  Re:  hope that sale to Joy will not be confirmed.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Handwritten note by SC concerning reply to be sent.

f. Townsend, W. U., to SC (December 16, 1868).  Re:  request that SC enable settlers to get Neutral Lands either as homestead or at $1.25 per acre, request for documents.  Handwritten.  2 partial sheets.  Handwritten note at top of letter concerning reply.

F 143: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Cherokee Neutral Lands. Clippings. Photocopies of newspaper clippings.  Original clippings are filed in Outsized Materials Box J F 4.

a. "A Letter from Joy to his Tenants!" (no source or date; letter dated July 6, 1868).  Re:  settlement on Neutral Lands and presenting of claims.

b. "Letter from J. F. Joy" to Editor, Baxter Springs Herald (n.d.; letter is dated August 10, 1868).  Re:  progress of railroad; possible postponement of building of road because of agitation of settlers.

c. "Mr. Joy and the Neutral Lands."  Letter from W. M. Coffin to Editor, Baxter Springs Herald, Ft. Scott Press Supplement (September 5, 1868; letter is dated August 22, 1868).  Re:  lack of faith in help from Congress for Neutral Land settlers; present relation of settlers with Joy; advice to adopt resolutions to encourage Joy to go ahead with the road.

d. "Letter from James F. Joy" to Wm. Coffin, Ft. Scott Press Supplement, (September 5, 1868).  Re:  building of railroad to Fort Scott; further building up to the people; contract for ties; acting in good faith.

e. "Letter from Hon. James F. Joy" to James Sloan (no source or date; date of letter is September 22, 1868).  Re:  legal rights to Neutral Lands if treaty is set aside; loss of Railroad capital if road is not built; fair sale price of land; effects of not building railroad.

f. "Letter from Mr. Joy" to Henry Mosher (no source or date; date of letter is November 5, 1868).  Re:  inability of Congress to buy Cherokee lands to give away; increase in land value due to building of road; inability to presently fix price on particular tract; ratification and publication of Treaty with Joy as purchaser.

g. Newspaper.  The Fort Scott Weekly Press Extra (n.d.).  Re:  opening of land office in Fort Scott for sale of Joy lands and settling of claims.  Includes a circular from the Cherokee Neutral Land Office to the late Settlers on the Cherokee Neutral Lands (November 28, 1868) with an extract from Cherokee treaty and supplemental Article to Treaty, a letter from James F. Joy to John T. Cox (November 17, 1868), and a letter from John T. Cox to settlers under 1866 Treaty.  Printed.  1 page; both sides.

h. "Stern Facts and Figures for the Consideration of the Settlers upon the Cherokee Neutral Lands," The Fort Scott Press (December 25, 1868).  Re:  results of setting aside treaty. 

i. "From Fort Scott," a letter to the editors, The Cherokee Sentinel (December 25, 1868; letter is dated December 10, 1868).  Re:  reply to Mr. Whitney; advantages of buying lands from James F. Joy. 

F 144: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Kaw Treaty.  Letter, Huffaker, T. S., to SC (January 7, n.y.).  Re:  attempts to change treaty to allow halfbreeds to have a portion of the present diminished reservation.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 145: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Kickapoo Treaty.  40th Congress, First Session, Executive F, "Message of the President of the United States Communicating A treaty between the United States and the chiefs and headmen of the Kickapoo tribe of Indians (March 14, 1867)."  Printed.  8 pages.

F 146: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Osage Treaty, Publications Concerning.

a. "Remonstrance against the Treaty with the Great and Little Osage Indians" written by SC and addressed to the Senate (June 24, 1868).  Re:  objections to treaty, protest of the executive officers of the State of Kansas, request that pending treaty not be ratified but amended so that the United States or Kansas become the purchaser.  Printed.  11 pages.  (2 copies).

b. "Kansas and the Osage Swindle, A Letter to Hon. Sidney Clarke from Geo.  H. Hoyt, Attorney-General of Kansas" (1868).  Re:  protest against Osage treaty, investigation by House Committee on Indian Affairs, charges against SC by Sturges and his agents.  Printed.  15 pages.  (2 copies).

F 147: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Osage Treaty. Correspondence.

a. Official correspondence.

(1) Blair, Charles W., President, The Ft. Scott & Santa Fe R. R. Co.; Hoyt, George H., Attorney General, State of Kansas; Laughlin, W. R., on behalf of settlers on public lands; and SC, M.C.; to the Honorable the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (July 18, 1868).  Re:  amendment of pending Osage Treaty to allow the Government to become the purchaser of the lands ceded at the stipulated price, and to allow the lands to be opened to settlement and pre-emption.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(2) Unsigned letter to "My dear Sir" (July 1868).  Re:  appeal to testify against pending Osage treaty, effects on Kansas and on the Republican Party of ratification, need for careful watching of fraud.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

See also Box 2 F 105-c, Appointments, Banks, letter, SC to Sen. S. C.  Pomeroy (February 19, 1869) re SCP's land and money schemes.

b. Constituent correspondence.

(1) Bishop, Walter P., to SC (January 18, 1868).  Re:  results if Article 4 of Osage Treaty is rigidly interpreted, placing of lands in market immediately if desired legislation is impossible.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

(2) Chase, A. G., M.D., to SC (February 11, 1869).  Re:  approval of SC's "noble effort" of January 13, Kalloch's opposition to Osage Treaty plank at the convention, Kalloch's connection with L. L. & G. R. R., opposition growing to SC's re-election, request for seeds for friend.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(3) Rankin, J. M., to SC (December 15, 1868).  Re:  credit to SC for defeat of Osage Treaty, opposition to land monopolies and belief in selling lands as homesteads, backing of Kansas legislature for sale of lands to the government.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(4) Sutherland, Hugh (February 1, 1869).  Re:  thanks for SC's exertions to defeat the Osage Treaty, election of Gen. Carl Schurz to the U. S.  Senate, request for documents and seeds.  Handwritten.  1 page.

See also Outsized Materials Box Q F 3-b for copy of the Western Home Journal of Ottawa, Kansas (July 9, 1868) which contains on page 2 an editorial, "State Politics" with an unfavorable mention of SC and "Letter from Washington" re SC's opposition to the Osage Treaty; and Outsized Materials Box Q F 3-c and e for article "The Osage Treaty" (no source or date) re summary of treaty provisions concerning public lands and railroads, and for resolutions passed at a mass meeting of settlers held at Fall River signed by 276 settlers on Osage Lands; and Outsized Materials Box A F 1-e for clipping "The Kansas Delegation" re ratification of the Osage Treaty.

F 148: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Osage Treaty, Relief for Settlers.  House Joint Resolution No. 149, "for the relief of the settlers on the Osage Indian lands in Kansas," introduced by SC.  Letter.  Emmert, D. B., to SC (March 12, 1868).  Re:  payment of loan, SC's advocacy of bill introduced by G. W. Julian [Indiana], reasons for wanting bill to pass, satisfaction with SC's speech on impeachment, retention of Col. Goss as Register until after the election.

F 149: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Pottowatomie Treaty. 

a. 40th Congress, First Session, Executive J, "Message of the President of the United States Communicating A treaty concluded on the 27th of February, 1867, between the United States and the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians."  Printed.  8 pages.

b. Letter.  Brackenridge, R., to SC (March 19[?], 1867).  Re:  railroad pass, ratification of Osage treaty containing claim for RB, meeting Blount in Chicago.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 150: Legislation - Indian Affairs, Sac and Fox Treaty.  Letter.  Phillips, James A., to SC (December 23, 1868).  Re:  distrust among settlers concerning treaty, request for assurance from SC.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 151: Legislation - Seneca, Confederated Seneca, Shawnee, Quapaw, Ottawa, Confederated Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea and Piankeshaw, and Miami Treaty.  a. 40th Congress, First session, Executive I, "Message of the President of the United States Communicating A treaty between the United States and the following tribes of Indians:  Senecas, confederated Senecas, Shawnees, Quapaws, Ottawas, Confederated Peorias, Kaskaskias, Weas and Piankeshaws, and Miamies...on the 23rd of February, 1867" (March 14, 1867).  Includes letter of transmittal from Louis V. Bogy, Commissioner, Office of Indian Affairs, explaining sale of various portions and relocation of various tribes.  Printed.  18 pages.

b. Letter.  Neuman, M. B., to SC (March 19, 1867).  Re:  fate of bill concerning Incompetent Wyandottes, claim for report on Shawnee taxes.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

See Box 2 F 121, Cherokee Lands, letter, Sloan, James to SC (December 26, 1867) re settlement of Quapaw Strip and petition for ratification of treaty.

F 152: Legislation - Shawnee Treaty, 1854 Treaty.  Text of "Treaty Between the United States and the Shawnee Tribe of Indians" (November 2, 1854).  Printed.  12 pages.

F 153: Legislation - Shawnee Treaty.

a. Legislative documents.

(1) "The Shawnee Treaty."  Memorial to the Senate of the United States from W. G. Melville with concurrence by George H. Hoyt, Attorney General, State of Kansas (n.d.).  Re:  amendment of pending treaty to prevent injustice to present settlers.  Printed.  3 pages.

(2) 40th Congress, First Session, Executive K, "Message of the President of the United States, Communicating A treaty concluded on the 2d of March, 1866, between the United States and the Shawnee tribe of Indians of Kansas"  (March 13, 1867).  Includes transmitting letter from Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner, Office of Indian Affairs, to the Hon. O. H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, explaining difficulties in negotiating the treaty.  Printed.  12 pages.  Contains handwritten notations on pages 6 and 7.  Half of pp. 11-12 missing.

b. Petition to the Hon. John B. Henderson, Chairman, Senate Committee of Indian Affairs, from George H. Hoyt, Attorney General, State of Kansas; W. G.  Melville, Delegate from Settlers; L. F. Green, State Senator, and A. W. Blackridge (n.d.).  Re:  speedy consummation of treaty with provisions to prevent grants to monopolists.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Handwritten note from SC on reverse side recommending speedy confirmation. 

c. Correspondence.

(1) Liggett, J. M., to SC (January 13, 1868).  Re:  completion of treaty with Shawnees so that county may be settled and taxes lightened, request for document.  Handwritten.  1 page.

(2) Liggett, J. M., to SC (February 9, 1869).  Re:  desire for passage of Shawnee Treaty by settler and Indians, hope for removal of all Indians from state at early date, request for report.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

(3) Marsh, F. W., to SC (January 13, 1869).  Re:  meeting of settlers on Shawnee land concerning rumor about donation of land to the Pleasant Hill Railroad.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

(4) Partridge, William, to SC (November 26, 1868).  Re:  accomplishment of Mr. Melville in Washington concerning treaty, propriety of sending delegate this winter, request for copy of treaty when Mr. Melville arrived and "as it was when he left."  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 154: Legislation - Military Affairs, Claims, Price Raid.  Correspondence.

a. Bronson, Ira D., to SC (February 2, 1868).  Re:  possibility of passage of bill to pay damages incurred during Price Raid.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.  Handwritten note by SC on reverse side indicating passage of bill unlikely in this session.

b. Cook, H. W., to SC (January 14, 1868).  Re:  list of names for distribution of public documents, request for information about passage of bill and amount to be allowed the state.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Handwritten note by SC at top of letter indicating passage this session is doubtful.

c. Griswold, Nelson, to SC (February 9, 1869).  Re:  request for report, militia claims arising out of Price Raid.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

d. Higinbotham, William P., to SC (November 19, 1867).  Re:  probability of payment of Kansas Militia Claims.  Handwritten.  1 page.  Handwritten note by SC indicating payment impossible before the Presidential election.

e. Low, A. C., to SC (February 12, 1868).  Re:  appropriation to pay Kansas Militia for serving in Price Raid.  Handwritten.  1 page; both sides.

f. McGahey, T. H., to SC (January 8, 1869).  Re:  speedy payment of Price Raid claims.  Handwritten.  1 page.

g. Sternbergh, T. J., to SC (December 23, 1868).  Re:  Price Raid claims for forage and services, price of scrip.  Handwritten.  1 page.

h. Waynant, J. B., to SC (November 10, 1868).  Re:  request for SC's "best exertions" to secure passage of Price Raid bill.  Handwritten.  1 page.

F 155: Legislation - Military Affairs, Claims, Quantrill Raid.

a. Griswold, Mrs. H. M.., and Trask, Mrs. J. C., to SC (February 18, 1868).  Re:  SC's presentation in Congress of claims of widows and orphans of Lawrence raid.  Handwritten.  1 page.

b. Reynolds, Samuel, to SC (January 6, 1868).  Re:  balmy Kansas weather, hope for increased immigration, completion of L.L.& G.R.R.  and running of trains, hope for passage of bill to compensate sufferers of the Quantrill Raid.  Handwritten.  1 folded sheet; both sides.

F 156: Legislation - Military Affairs, Military Education.  Report.  "National Military Education" by J. H. Whittlesey, Major, U. S. Army (October 15, 1867).  Re:  two plans for national military education by establishing additional military academies or by teaching military science at existing education institutions.  Printed.  35 pages.

Lecompton convention, Free State Militia, and harassment of Price's army. Handwritten. 5 pages.

Box 3
Sidney Clarke Collection Description

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