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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1888, are from the State Veterinarian's Office and other commissioners on the Livestock Sanitary Commission board regarding livestock matters to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters discuss the establishment of a quarantine for cattle, particularly those from Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Canada, and Colorado. The commission also reported on moving cattle from Texas, appropriations, infections in Kansas cattle, and inspections.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454776
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, State departments , Box 8 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454776
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1885
Date - 1880s - 1886
Date - 1880s - 1887
Date - 1880s - 1888
Date - 1880s - 1889
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Livestock Sanitary Commission
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Other States
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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