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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1888, are from the residents and offices of Pawnee County, Kansas regarding the county sheriff and coroner to Kansas Governor John Martin. B. L. Keeney wrote his resignation from the county sheriff. Signed petitions appoint M. D. Pennyworth as the successor. Another signed petition appoints W. M. Rhea to the county coroner position which was vacant from the removal of J. B. Ingles. Pawnee County was organized on November 4, 1872 and named for the Pawnee Indians.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454893
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 18 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454893
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 - Local Government - County - Sheriff
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
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Resignation
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Pawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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