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Letters to Kansas Governor St. John that talk about matters in Rawlins county. One letter informs Governor St. John that the census taker of Rawlins county perpetrated a fraud in taking the census and requests that actions be taken. Included within this letter are signatures that believe the statement to be true. Another letter talks about the fraud practiced in the organization of Rawlins county and how that might reflect on Governor St. John if an investigation does not take place. Other letters discuss petitions and recommendations for designating county seats, election results for county seat and county officers for Rawlins county, and requests to delay the organization of Rawlins county.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1882, 1886
Item Number: 454565
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 10 Folder 17
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454565
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
Date - 1880s - 1886
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 - Sheridan
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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