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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1887, are from the residents and offices of Cheyenne County, Kansas regarding county affairs to Kansas Governor John Martin. Many of the letters discuss the organization of the county. There are multiple signed petitions requesting reorganization with the claim that their population meets the requirements for the number of electors. Affidavits about reorganization and a long list of names of the land owners in the county are the topic of various letters as well. Letters discuss other county issues like the appointment of a census taker. Organized March 20, 1873, a permanent county seat was established in St. Francis in 1889.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454857
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 14 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454857
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 - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Census
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 - Cheyenne
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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