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Mississippi River Improvement Convention, Council Bluffs
Date: 1881
No summary available
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International Dairy Fair, New York
Date: 1879
No summary available
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Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
Date: 1879
Letters in this file are related to the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. The first letter is an invitation from E. H. Pendleton on June 5th, 1879 to Kansas Governor St. John…
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Fairs, expositions, centennials and conventions
Date: 1879-1882
This file contains several letters formally inviting Kansas Governor St. John to attend an event or celebration. A formal invitation from Edwin Brown, President of the Chicago American Humane Association,…
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Elections
Date: 1881-1882
The documents in this file regard elections for the vacancy in the 37th senatorial district. There is a letter from E.B. Congill to Kansas Governor St. John inquiring if there…
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The Tiger!: published by the sophomore class of Portis High School, Portis, Kansas, 1934
Date: 1934
This is the 1934 issue of The Tiger! yearbook from Portis High School. It includes sections on the faculty, classes, activities, and athletics for that year, as well as class,…
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Unpublished autobiography of Henry J. Allen
Date: 1868-1929
The is an unpublished autobiography of Henry J. Allen. Henry Justin Allen, born in 1868 in Pennsylvania, was editor and publisher of the Wichita Beacon and one of the leaders…
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William Allen White to Dorothea Gufler
Date: November 09, 1934
A letter from William Allen White to Dorothea Gufler (1904-1996). Dorothea is seeking work for Mr. Brayshaw in the newspaper business. Born in Emporia, Kansas on August 22, 1904, Dorothea…
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Counties : Trego, petition
Date: 1879-1881
A petition from residents of Trego County asking Kansas Governor St. John to organize their county. The petitioners inform the Governor that their county has the correct number of inhabitants…
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Counties : Stafford, petition
Date: 1879
A petition from residents of Stafford County request Kansas Governor St. John designate and declare the town of Camden as Temporary County Seat as the town is the nearest available…
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Counties : Stafford, petition
Date: 1879
Petitions from residents of Stafford County request Kansas Governor St. John locate Temporary County Seat in the town of St. John. In the late 19th century the location of County…
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Counties : Stafford, petition
Date: 1879
A petition from residents of Stafford County requesting the town of Stafford be designated as Temporary County Seat. The petitioners explain the town of Stafford is the only place in…
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Counties : Stafford, petition
Date: 1879
A petition on January 23, 1879, from residents of Stafford County, Kansas request that Governor St. John organize their county. Accompanying the petition is a letter from the Notary Public…
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Counties : Stafford
Date: 1879
A letter from J. C. Towsley thanking Kansas Governor for the appointment as County Commissioner of Stafford. The following letters are memorandums that pertain to the establishment of Stafford County…
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Counties : Sheridan, petition
Date: 1880
A petition to declare the town of Kenneth, Kansas the location for Temporary County Seat of Sheridan County. The last page of the petition is a note from the Sheridan…
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Counties : Sheridan, petition
Date: 1880
A petition from residents of Sheridan County, Kansas request Governor St. John organize their county. The petitioners inform Kansas Governor St. John they have the correct number of inhabitants for…
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Counties : Rawlins, petition
Date: 1881
The following documents are petitions sent to Kansas Governor St. John, from citizens of Rawlins County, Kansas. These petitions are requesting that Abraham Boyer, John Doyles, and Samuel Totlow be…
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Counties : Rawlins, memorial
Date: 1881
A petition on April 25, 1881 from citizens in Rawlins county ask Kansas Governor St. John to designate and declare Atwood as Temporary County Seat. The petitioners state that Atwood,…
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Counties : Pratt, petition
Date: 1879-1882
A petition from the residents and legal voters of Kansas ask Governor St. John to organize the county of Pratt and designate the town of Iuka as the Temporary County…
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Counties : Pratt, defense of petition
Date: 1879-1882
A letter from W. S. Purdy, E.R. Morgan, and C. P. Leslie informs Kansas Governor St. John the residents of Saratoga and Iuka, Kansas are all aware the Governor may…
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Counties : Pratt, petition
Date: 1879-1882
A petition from residents and legal voters of Pratt County ask Kansas Governor St. John to designate the town of Saratoga, Kansas as Temporary County Seat. In the late 19th…
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Counties : Pratt, petition
Date: 1879-1882
A petition from residents of Pratt County asks Governor St. John to designate the town of Iuka as the Temporary County Seat. In the late 19th century the location of…
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Counties : Pratt, petition
Date: 1879-1882
This file includes petitions from residents of Pratt county to Kansas Governor St. John to request that specific persons be appointed as commissioner and clerk to act as temporary officials…
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Counties : Pratt, petition
Date: 1879-1882
Petitions asking Kansas Governor St. John to appoint Aaron Briggs, George W. Slater, and William F. Foster as Commissioners, and L. Fuller as Clerk of Pratt County.
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Counties : Pratt, memorial
Date: 1879-1882
A petition on May 5, 1879 from citizens of the County of Pratt asking Governor St. John to organize their county. The petition states the signatures are from legal electors…