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These letters, spanning January 1885, are from the residents and offices of Trego County, Kansas regarding the probate judge to Kansas Governor John Martin. All of the letters discuss the death of the current probate judge, W. H. Fuson. Two of the letters declare a vacancy in the position and another endorses F. H. Couger as the successor. Trego County was organized on June 21, 1879 and named for Edgar Poe Trego.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454910
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 20 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454910
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
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter - Recommendation
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Trego
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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