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This file includes several letters from individuals inquiring about and requesting a reward for the capture of J. B. True. According to these documents John B. True murdered a man and escaped from the Lawrence jail. There is a letter stating that John B. True was captured in Cass county, Missouri.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879
Item Number: 454638
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 12 Folder 30
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454638
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Criminals
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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