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This act of incorporation for Wyandotte City declared that the town would be incorporated into Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory. Incorporation was decided in court after several taxpayers presented a petition for Wyandotte City's incorporation into the territory and for permission to establish a local government. The document was recorded by Henry C. Fields, clerk of the court at Leavenworth.
Creator: Fields, Henry C.
Date: June 8, 1858
Item Number: 6740
Call Number: History. Wyandotte City #661 Box 1 Journal A
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6740
Collections - Manuscript
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Local Government
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
Places - Cities and towns - Wyandotte
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records
https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/6740
