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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1888, are from residents of Anderson County, Kansas regarding state positions to Kansas Governor John Martin. There are letters of resignation and recommendations for individuals to fill vacancies in the county surgeon, office of coroner, and the county surveyor. The county surveyor endorsement, for A. R. Mumans also has a signed petition. Established as one of the original 33 counties in 1855, Anderson County was named for proslavery speaker of the territorial legislature, Joseph C. Anderson.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454853
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 13 Folder 12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454853
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surgeons
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
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 - Local Government - County - Coroner
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Anderson
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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