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These three letters, spanning February through May 1885, are from Republicans of Miami County, Kansas, F. W. Kash, and J. B. Murdock regarding the superintendent of the Osawatomie Insane Asylum to Kansas Governor John Martin. The Republicans of Miami County, Kansas recommended Reuben Smith as superintendent, while F. W. Kash and J. B. Murdock recommended G. P. True as assistant superintendent. Martin appointed Reuben Smith as superintendent.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454805
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Applications and endorsements for jobs, Box 10 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454805
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Asylums
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 - Education, State Board of - Superintendent of Public Instruction (preceded Board of Education)
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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