From Thomas Carney to Col. James B. Fry

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Title: From Thomas Carney to Col. James B. Fry
Creator: Thomas Carney
Description: This letter, dated January 9, 1864, was written by Kansas Gov. Thomas Carney in Topeka, Kansas, to Col. James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General, in Washington, DC. Carney says that part of a letter he wrote to Fry was published in the Leavenworth Daily Conservative, “accompanied with scurrilous remarks.” Carney blames Capt. Sidney Clarke, Assistant Provost Marshal General, for publishing the letter, but leaves it up to Fry to determine Clarke's guilt.
Date: January 9, 1864
Local Subject: Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
People: Thomas Carney
Geographic Subject: Topeka, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Object Type: Government Document
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Stevens, T.C., Folder 1: Correspondence 1861-1863, Item 2
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