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The following letters in this file are from citizens of Graham County and pertain to matters such as temporary County Seat. There are petitions from citizens requesting Kansas Governor St. John designate either Millbrook, Hill-City, or Gettysburg, Kansas as temporary County Seat. Other letters inform the Governor that names have been fraudulently added to certain petitions. This includes, a petition to the Governor to have the following names listed removed from the Gettysburg petition.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: March 30, 1880
Item Number: 455747
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 8 Folder 21
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455747
Built Environment - Function - Government
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - Local Government - County
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Counties - Graham
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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