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These letters, spanning April 1885, are from the residents and offices of Wyandotte County, Kansas regarding the county coroner to Kansas Governor John Martin. The county clerk's office wrote making the vacancy in the coroner position official. Other letters endorse C. L. Burke and G. W. Leville as the successor. Wyandotte County was organized on January 29, 1859 and named for the Wyandot Indians (various spellings).
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454917
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 21 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454917
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 - Clerk
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
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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