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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1887, are from the residents and offices of Smith County, Kansas regarding county affairs to Kansas Governor John Martin. Letters discuss the resignations from, vacancies in, and appointments to the positions of coroner and probate judge. Endorsements and signed official petitions are among the letters. Smith County was organized on February 1, 1872 and named for Major James Nelson Smith, a Union officer killed at the Battle of Blue River near Kansas City on March 21, 1864.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454905
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 20 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454905
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 - State Government - Courts - Probate courts
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
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Resignation
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Smith
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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