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These two letters, dated December 28, 1886 and June 4, 1887, are from residents of Stafford County, Kansas regarding county affairs to Kansas Governor John Martin. A. M. Gloyd wrote discussing the elected probate judge of the county as a deserter of the Union army. R. M. Blair wrote with questions about the county seat. Stafford County was organized on July 2, 1879 and named for Captain Lewis Stafford, a Civil War soldier in the First Kansas Regiment.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454906
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 20 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454906
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Judges
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 - Courts - Probate courts
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 - Stafford
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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