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A petition from residents of Trego County asking Kansas Governor St. John to organize their county. The petitioners inform the Governor that their county has the correct number of inhabitants according to law to be organized. Further, the petitioners request the Governor designate the town of Wakeeney, Kansas as Temporary County Seat, and appoint three specific citizens as Commissioners to represent Trego County. Accompanying the petition is a letter from the Notary Public informing the Governor that three individuals sworn under oath state the signatures on the petition are genuine and from residents of Trego County.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1881
Item Number: 455776
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 11 Folder 16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455776
Built Environment - Function - Government
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
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 - Trego
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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