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This letter dated August 19, 1886 is from the District Court of Butler County, Kansas regarding the office of coroner to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letter included a signed petition for the appointment of John W. Long as coroner of Butler County. Long succeeded J. S. Dutton who passed away causing a vacancy. Butler County was organized on February 11, 1859 and named for Andrew Pickens Butler, Senator from South Carolina.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454855
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 13 Folder 14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454855
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
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Butler
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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