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A letter on June 9, 1880, from Richard J. Gatling, provides Kansas Governor St. John the details of the Gatling gun and steps how States can procure the gun through the War Department. Accompanying the letter from Gatling is a price list of the Gatling Gun Company. A letter from J. R. Young, acknowledging the invitation from Kansas Governor St. John to General Grant to visit Topeka, Kansas. A letter from G. W. Glick requests the Governor create a report containing pardons and commutations granted by him to present to the Kansas State Legislature.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1883
Item Number: 454372
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, General (Alphabetical) File, Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454372
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
Date - 1880s - 1883
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Military - Weapons - Artillery - Gun
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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