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These letters, spanning the month of June, 1886, are from the residents and offices of McPherson County, Kansas regarding the county surveyor to Kansas Governor John Martin. There was a vacancy for the county surveyor due to the removal of the current one, Frank Harsh. One letter is from a resident, W. B. Kelly, endorsing Arvine Bass as the successor. The second letter is from the county clerk office recommending Arvine Bass as well. McPherson County was organized on March 1, 1870 and named for Civil War General James McPherson.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1885-1889 : Martin)
Date: 1885-1889
Item Number: 454885
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Alexander Martin, Correspondence Files, Subject files , Box 17 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454885
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
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 - Local Government - County - Clerk
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Martin, John Alexander
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter - Recommendation
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
Places - Counties - McPherson
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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