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This file includes a Proclamation from Kansas Governor St. John for the arrest and conviction of the persons involved in the robbery of a store in Topeka, Kansas, the proclamation also offers a fifty-dollar reward. The following two documents are also related to the arrest of J. W. Bird and the other persons involved in the burglary.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1881-1882
Item Number: 454620
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 12 Folder 12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454620
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Robbery
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Criminals
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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