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This file includes several letters regarding donating and transporting items such as seeds, flour, vegetables, and clothing to the relief aid. A letter from Edwin Barker and Reason Woolberton request Kansas Governor St. John send certificates of agency to them so they can present them to the relief community so they will contribute. In 1879, Governor St. John was called to consider the problem of providing relief for the destitute freedmen from the South who were coming into the State of Kansas. On May 8, 1879 the Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association was incorporated with Governor St. John as president.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879 Sept. -Dec.
Item Number: 454694
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 18 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454694
Agriculture - Government farm programs - Relief
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief
Date - 1870s - 1879
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
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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