Letter, J. Thompson to His Excellency J. W. DenverJ. Thompson wrote to his friend, James W. Denver, from the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding Denver's service as governor of Kansas Territory. Thompson briefly discussed possible candidates for appointment to the Kansas Agency, then proceeded to praise Denver at length for his good leadership of Kansas Territory, and he assured him that he had national support for his efforts. Thompson told Denver that the among the States, their party was divided over the Lecompton Constitution, but he hoped that the English Bill would allow that Constitution to be voted on again.1858-06-21Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101880). TKO topic guide: Territorial Politics and Government>Territorial Government>James William Denverstill imageku-kansascollection:1963https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1963u002184||u002185||u002186||u002187||u002188||u002189||u002190||u002191||u002192aspace_52ab1ef365f3540a35d398d4124b2f67electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalJames William Denver papers and diaryhttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/7167235532RH MS 19University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1963_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10