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These letters, spanning March 15 to 23, 1887, are from the residents and offices of Woodson County, Kansas regarding the county coroner to Kansas Governor John Martin. C. R. Jonus, county coroner, wrote his resignation and recommended D. H. Burt as his successor. W. H. Slavens, from the law office of Slavens & Warner, endorsed A. N. Mauer for the position. Woodson County was one of the original 33 counties organized by the Territorial Legislature in 1855, organized on May 22, 1858, and named for Daniel Woodson, acting governor of Kansas Territory.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454916
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 21 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454916
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 - 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 - Resignation
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Woodson
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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