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A letter from a W. T. Bruer of Hodgeman County informing Kansas Governor St. John there has been talk among the citizens to organize said county. A separate letter from W. H. Lower asks for the appointment as Census taker for Hodgeman county. This file also includes petitions from the citizens of Hodgeman county requesting the Governor locate temporary County seat in Hodgeman county, and appoint certain men as temporary officers for said county. There is a letter from W. W. Wheeland, County Clerk, informing the Governor the appointments made by him for Commissioners of Hodgeman County have failed to qualify within twenty days as required by law. Further letters are acknowledgements for appointments, where the County Seat is located, and questions relating to the organization of Hodgeman County.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1883
Item Number: 454544
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 9 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454544
Built Environment - Function - Government
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
Date - 1880s - 1883
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 - Counties - Hodgeman
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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