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These two letters, dated May 8 and 9, 1888, are from the county surveyor and the commissioners of Saline County, Kansas to governor John Martin. H. G. Johnston, county surveyor, wrote his resignation. The county commissioners recommended L. D. Burford as the successor with a signed petition. Saline County was organized on February 15, 1860 and named for the Saline (salt) River.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454899
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 19 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454899
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
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 - 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 - Saline
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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