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A letter from a resident in Lincoln County asks Kansas Governor St. John for information on how to organize a new county. In addition, is a proceeding from a meeting held by the Board of County Commissioners in Lincoln County. In the proceeding the board discuss that T. A. Walls, Sheriff of Lincoln County has failed to return certain tax warrants given to him by the County Treasurer, and for this reason the board declare the Office of Sheriff vacant. Accompanying the documents are two letters from Commissioners of Lincoln County informing Governor St. John that T. A. Wells did provide the bonds to them.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1883
Item Number: 454550
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 9 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454550
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 - 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 - Counties - Lincoln
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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