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This file contains records of meetings held with the city council and mayor of Atchison, Kansas that discuss the number of inhabitants in the city and the desire to become a city of the first class. A city of the first class is a city with a population of 10,000 or more at the time of organization. The following document is a certificate showing that the city of Atchison has a population of over 15,000 and asks Kansas Governor St. John for a proclamation that the city be declared a city of the first class.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1882
Item Number: 454470
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 6 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454470
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Printed materials - Proclamations
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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