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A petition on January 23, 1879, from residents of Stafford County, Kansas request that Governor St. John organize their county. Accompanying the petition is a letter from the Notary Public of Reno County stating that the following people, S. R. Estle, E. R. Crawford, C. M. Johnson, J. H. Adams, and G. W. Warren swear an oath that the signatures on the petition are genuine and authentic. A separate petition asks the Governor to appoint Charles Johnson as Census taker for Stafford County.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879
Item Number: 455772
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 11 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455772
Built Environment - Function - Government
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
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 - Stafford
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence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/455772
