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This file contains a letter to Kansas Governor St. John from an individual in the town of Attwood, Kansas requesting the governor to appoint a Justice of the Peace and Commissioner in Rawlins county which is unorganized. There is a letter that requests assistance from Governor St. John in prosecuting owners of cattle that destroyed his crops, he includes a copy of an appraisement showing the damages to be $328.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1882
Item Number: 454471
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 6 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454471
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 - Local Government - County
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 - Atwood
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/454471
