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These letters, spanning 1887 to 1888, are from county offices and residents of Kansas regarding criminal rewards to Kansas Governor John Martin. Various residents, county sheriffs, and county attorneys wrote asking about rewards for individual criminals. Among the letters, there are official rewards and newspaper clippings discussing crimes. Kansas currently has 105 counties. 28 other counties have existed but are now defunct due to name changes, reorganizations, or mergers and splits.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1887-1888
Item Number: 454921
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 21 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454921
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1887
Date - 1880s - 1888
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - Criminals
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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