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A letter from M. S. Sprouts of Kingman, Kansas writes to inform Governor St. John of the events that unfolded during the arrest and capture of John McCoy, Sprouts also asks how he should submit his claim for the reward. In a separate letter, Sprouts advises the Governor that John McCoy also went by the alias John Spergin, Henry Helmick, and Jim Craig.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879
Item Number: 454632
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 12 Folder 24
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454632
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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