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Kansas Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder issued this certificate appointing James S. Emery as a justice of the peace for the Kansas Territory's First District. The boundaries of the First District are described in the document based on various geographic landmarks. The district includes the town of Lawrence and runs along the south side of the Kansas River to the Missouri state line. Its southern boundary is the Santa Fe road.
Creator: Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Date: November 8, 1854
Item Number: 90587
Call Number: Emery Coll. #339 Bx 3 Fldr Military papers & misc.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90587
Collections - Manuscript - Emery, James Stanley
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Reeder, Andrew H
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate - Appointment
People - Notable Kansans - Emery, James Stanley
People - Notable Kansans - Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Johnson
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
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