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This file includes letters from citizens of Anderson County to Kansas Governor St. John requesting that the Governor offer a reward for the capture of Joesph W. Goltra, the late County Clerk of Anderson County. According to a few of the documents, Joseph W. Goltra is guilty of obtaining money during the last two years from the County Treasurer of Anderson County by false pretense with the intent to defraud said county.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1880
Item Number: 454624
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 12 Folder 16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454624
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - False pretense
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Fraud
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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