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A petition from residents of Ness county requests Kansas Governor St. John appoint Ness City as Temporary County Seat when the Governor issues his proclamation to organize the county. Accompanying this petition is a letter from the Notary Public stating that J. W. Bryant, Henry James, and Daniel Wanders swear an oath they are legal electors of Ness County and the names on the petition are genuine signatures of legal voters in Ness County.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: April 03, 1880
Item Number: 455755
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 9 Folder 23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455755
Built Environment - Function - Government
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Counties - Ness
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/455755
