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This file contains several letters formally inviting Kansas Governor St. John to attend an event or celebration. A formal invitation from Edwin Brown, President of the Chicago American Humane Association, welcomes the Governor to celebrate the third annual convention in Chicago, Illinois. A letter from the committee of arrangements of the John Brown festival thanks the Governor for sharing detailed information about John Brown and talks about erecting a monument for Brown. A letter from the Committee of the River Improvement Convention requests the Governor attend the meeting convention held for the improvement of the Mississippi River.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1882
Item Number: 455846
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 13 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 455846
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Anniversaries - Centennials
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Exposition
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
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 - Invitation
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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