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Letters to Kansas Governor St. John in relation to a vacancy in the office of County Surveyor for Riley County, Kansas. There are letters of endorsement and petitions from individuals supporting the appointment of certain people as County Surveyor. There are a few letters that inform the Governor that the present Riley County Surveyor, James Lee, has failed to qualify or give bonds.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879-1882
Item Number: 454568
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 10 Folder 23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454568
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Places - Counties - Riley
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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