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These letters, dated 1888, are from the census taker, C. L. Vanderpool, regarding the organization of Wallace County, Kansas to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters are signed forms, from Vanderpool and the residents, verifying the population requirements are met for the county's re-organization. Some of the forms are blank. Wallace County was named after Fort Wallace. It was first organized on August 25, 1868, but when it was discovered the county did not have the required population, the governor ordered it dissolved in 1879. The county was reorganized on January 5, 1889.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454913
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 20 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454913
Built Environment - Function - Government
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
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Wallace
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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