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This letter, dated November 2, 1886, is from the Ellsworth County, Kansas probate judge, J. C. Howard, regarding his resignation to Kansas Governor John Martin. Howard explains that his resignation is due to health. The letter includes a certification letter with signed names stating the vacancy and successor, George Seegmiller. Ellsworth County was organized on August 24, 1867 and named for Lieutenant Allen Ellsworth of the 7th Iowa Cavalry who established Fort Ellsworth in 1864.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454865
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 14 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454865
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 - Courts - Probate courts
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 - Ellsworth
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Resignations
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