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These letters, spanning February through March, 1885 are from the Pottawatomie County, Kansas Clerk's office and C. A. Skene regarding the county coroner to Kansas Governor John Martin. The county clerk, I. W. Zimmerman, wrote to verify a vacancy in the county coroner position. The county clerk's office created a signed petition recommending and appointing C. A. Skene. C. A. Skene wrote accepting the position. Pottawatomie County was organized on February 20, 1857 and named for the Pottawatomie Indians.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454895
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 18 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454895
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 - Clerk
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 - Letter - Recommendation
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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