Kansas Governor John P. St. John correspondence received ; extradition and requisition warrants ; executive messages and proclamations, 1879-1883.

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Kansas Governor John P. St. John correspondence received ; extradition and requisition warrants ; executive messages and proclamations, 1879-1883.

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Correspondence and other records of the administration of John Pierce St. John, governor of the State of Kansas from 13 Jan. 1879 to 8 Jan. 1883. Correspondence received includes general letters, official response letters from & letters concerning State agencies, and subject files; some proclamations are also included. Subject files include applications, endorsements, & remonstrances relating to candidates for appointments to normal school, penitentiary, judicial, & other positions; county organizational papers; and letters relating to counties, crime & criminals, justices of the peace, lands, military affairs, relief, the black exoduses, and prohibition. Non-correspondence series include Extradition and requisition warrants, 1879-1880, and Executive messages and proclamations, 1881-1882. Additional records of Governor St. John are in separate series common to several governors including an Executive record (Official record), 1861-1879; Executive proclamations, 1861-1980; Pardon and parole files from the Women's Industrial Farm, 1863-1919; Pardons, 1865-1883; Letter press books, 1865-1904; a Letter register, 1871-1895; a Record of death sentences, 1872-1906; and Death sentence warrants, 1872-1908; Requisitions on governor from governors of other states for persons accused of crimes, 1873-1960; County organization censuses, ca. 1873-ca. 1886; Prisoners in Kansas State Penitentiary, ca. 1875-ca. 1897; and Citizenship pardons, 1876-1960.

20 ft. (24 boxes + 7 oversize folders)

Kansas State Historical Society

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St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916

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Governor of Kansas; prohibition candidate for governor in 1884. From the description of Letter to A. Willington, 1890 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53372034 Kansas governor, Prohibition Party presidential candidate, Prohibition lecturer; of Olathe, Kan. From the description of John Pierce St. John papers, 1859-1917. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228416486 ...

Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)

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Eighth governor of the State of Kansas, 1879-1883; of Olathe. From the description of Kansas Governor John P. St. John correspondence received ; extradition and requisition warrants ; executive messages and proclamations, 1879-1883. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228416642 ...