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Included here are letters from citizens of Barber (Barbour) and/or Bourbon County during the 1880's, to Kansas Governor St. John. The letters discuss the resignation, vacancy, or petitioning of certain individuals for the position of Justice of the Peace in those two counties.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1882
Item Number: 454646
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 16 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454646
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 - State Government - Courts - Justice of the peace
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 - Barber
Places - Counties - Bourbon
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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