Guide to the Samuel Johnson Crawford Collection Samuel Johnson Crawford papers, 1889-1892

Guide to the Samuel Johnson Crawford Collection


COLLECTION SUMMARY
Repository:	University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616 Phone: (785) 864 - 4334 Fax: (785) 864-5803 URL: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu pg 1976 mg 2004
Creator:	Crawford, Samuel Johnson, 1835-1913.
Title:	Samuel Johnson Crawford papers
Dates:	1889-1892
Quantity:	68 items.
Abstract:	Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas. The papers in the collection concern negotiations for settlement of a land sale in Oklahoma Territory for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe. Crawford, along with Matt G. Reynolds of St. Louis, D. B. Dyer of Kansas City, and John D. Miles of Oklahoma, was an attorney employed to prosecute a suit for the land by the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes. The correspondence is primarily between the four attorneys concerning their actions on behalf of the Indians.
Identification:	RH MS 31

Samuel Johnson Crawford Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 31, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

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Crawford, Samuel Johnson, 1835-1913

Dyer, Daniel B.

Reynolds, Matt G.

Miles, John D.

Cherokee Indians--Land tenure.

Arapaho Indians--Land tenure.

Oklahoma (Territory).



1.	Correspondence, 1889-1890.
2.	Correspondence, 1891.
3.	Correspondence, 1892.
4.	Answer to an interview with Mr. Stephens of the St. Louis Globe Democrat, May 1892.
5.	Miscellaneous documents, 1865-1866.