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The first letter to Kansas Governor St. John is from the Mayor and Councilmen of Manhattan, Kansas, they write to the governor to inform him the city of Manhattan has attained a population exceeding 2,000. Included in this file is a petition from the city of Manhattan to make the city a city of the second class instead of third class.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1880
Item Number: 454480
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 6 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454480
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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