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A letter from E. F. Henderson writes to Kansas Governor St. John to ask who has the power to appoint Census Taker for the County of Sumner. In the letter Henderson requests to be appointed the position. In the late 19th century it was the responsibility of each census taker also referred to as enumerator to personally visit each dwelling in their subdivision to obtain the correct number of each member or person occupying the dwelling.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879
Item Number: 454577
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 11 Folder 14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454577
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Census
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Census
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Counties - Sumner
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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