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These letters, spanning 1886 to 1887, are from the residents and offices of Pratt County, Kansas regarding county affairs to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters discuss various topics including farmer issues, sheriff affairs, the moving of county records to the county, the county seat, and military affairs. Pratt County was organized on July 25, 1879 and named for Caleb Pratt, who migrated from Massachusetts to Lawrence, became active in politics, served in the First Kansas Infantry in the Civil War and was killed during the War.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454896
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 19 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454896
Built Environment - Function - Government
Business and Industry - Construction - Farm
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 - Sheriff
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 - Pratt
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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