
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:title>Certificate, Head Quarters Kansas Volunteers</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator)</dc:creator>
  <dc:description>This certificate, signed by Charles Robinson and James Lane, was issued by the Head Quarters of the Kansas Volunteers, a Free state militia group led by Robinson.  It documented Robert Gilbert&apos;s service &quot;in defending the City of Lawrence. . .from demolition by foreign invaders&quot; during the Wakarusa War.  Gilbert had arrived in Kansas Territory only weeks before, having traveled from his native England.</dc:description>
  <dc:description>This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101591). TKO topic guide: Border Disputes and Warfare&gt;Significant Incidents&gt;Wakarusa War (Nov. - Dec. 1855)</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1855-12-12</dc:date>
  <dc:type>StillImage</dc:type>
  <dc:format>electronic</dc:format>
  <dc:format>image/tiff</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>ku-kansascollection:2748</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2748</dc:identifier>
  <dc:relation>aspace_7d2fc061c7ea6e06238471f15b82e830</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>Robert L. Gilbert papers--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0204778161--RH MS P238</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>This work is free of known copyright restrictions.</dc:rights>
</oai_dc:dc>