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These letters, spanning October 17 to 18, 1888, are from the residents and offices of Wilson County, Kansas regarding the county surveyor to Kansas Governor John Martin. The letters endorse A. McKimmey as the new county surveyor with a signed petition. Wilson County was one of the original 33 counties organized by the Territorial Legislature in 1855, organized on September 24, 1864, and named for Hiero Tennant Wilson.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454915
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 21 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454915
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 - Letter - Recommendation
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Wilson
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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