Governor's speech file and messages to the General Assembly, 1883.

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Governor's speech file and messages to the General Assembly, 1883.

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These document communications between Governor J. Proctor Knott and the General Assembly regarding affairs of the state. Included are two copies of the governor's first address to the General Assembly, given December 31, 1883, which contains reports on the state's finances, school and prison systems, the State Guard, and the ongoing geological survey.

.2 cubic ft. (1 folder).

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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