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This letter dated January 6, 1886 is from the Chautauqua County, Kansas Clerk, A. C. Hilligoss, regarding the office of coroner to Kansas Governor John Martin. Hilligoss wrote to certify the vacancy of coroner due to the resignation of the former coroner, Daniel S. Gray, and the unqualified elected candidate, J. A. Calvert. Hilligoss recommends Dr. W. F. Sheek for the appointment. Chautauqua County was organized on June 1, 1875.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454856
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 13 Folder 15
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454856
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 - Resignation
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Chautauqua
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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