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Many of the documents in this file pertain to vacancies as well as requests for appointments in Rice County, Kansas. There are several letters to Kansas Governor St. John requesting for certain persons to be appointed a position within the county such as Surveyor and Probate Judge. There is a letter of resignation from the present County Surveyor informing the Governor he cannot serve because he does not have the instruments or chains. Additionally, on May 4, 1882 there is a letter from S. H. Jones of Lyons, Kansas thanking the Governor for the appointment as Probate Judge of Rice County.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1882
Item Number: 454567
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 10 Folder 22
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454567
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 - Counties - Rice
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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