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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1889, are from wardens, clerks, and the board of the Kansas State Penitentiary regarding the penitentiary's general affairs to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters include various topics such as investigations of corruption, pardons for individuals, reports of the conduct of convicts, building maintenance, individual cases, and prison statistics. There are also official letters with lists of individuals pardoned with their county, crime, date of sentence, term, and date of discharge.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454783
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, State departments , Box 8 Folder 17
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454783
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 - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Prison sentences
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisoners
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Penitentiary
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Report
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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