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These letters, spanning 1885 to 1888, are from Kansas citizens asking for aid to Kansas Governor John Martin. Their requests for assistance were due to problems in farming (planting and livestock), pensions, land, protection from others, pardons, finances, and other personal matters.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 455071
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 28 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455071
Agriculture - Livestock
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Poor farms
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 - Cities and towns - Protection
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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