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These letters, spanning 1880 to 1887, are from the residents and offices of Graham County, Kansas regarding county affairs to Kansas Governor John Martin. There is a copy of the Governor's Proclamation that made Graham County officially organized. There is another official letter for the designation of a permanent county seat. Multiple letters discuss the moving of county offices to other buildings. There are also warranty deeds. Graham County was organized on April 1, 1880 and named for Captain John L. Graham, a Civil War soldier with Company D, 8th Kansas Volunteers, who was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454871
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 15 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454871
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Martin, John Alexander
Date - 1880s - 1885
Date - 1880s - 1886
Date - 1880s - 1887
Date - 1880s - 1888
Date - 1880s - 1889
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - Graham
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Proclamation
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