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These letters are from various individuals regarding the Topeka Insane Asylum to Kansas Governor G. W. Glick. J.D. Jones and the superintendent, B. D. Eastman wrote about a patient there: Mrs. Jones. B. D. Eastman also gave a statement of the coal shipped to the asylum. A. P. Tenney, succeeding superintendent, discussed certain individuals including Elizabeth Waters, D. O. McAlister, John D. Singler, Mr. Twine, A. H. Webb, and John Brown. Some of these individuals are patients while others are about getting positions at the asylum and issues with the State Board of Charities.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883: Glick)
Date: 1883-1885
Item Number: 454276
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor George Washington Glick, Correspondence Files, State departments , Box 2 Folder 19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454276
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Glick, George Washington
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Asylums
Date - 1880s - 1883
Date - 1880s - 1884
Date - 1880s - 1885
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Glick, George Washington
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Education, State Board of - Superintendent of Public Instruction (preceded Board of Education)
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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