Kansas Governor John A. Martin records, 1884-1889.

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Kansas Governor John A. Martin records, 1884-1889.

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Correspondence & other items received as well as an associated subject index and proclamations & messages from the administration of John A. Martin, governor of the State of Kansas from 12 Jan. 1885 to 14 Jan. 1889. Correspondence files, 1884-1889, include general letters, official response letters from & letters concerning State departments, applications & endorsements for jobs, subject files, and "private" or "personal" letterpress books. Major subjects are cities; claims; county affairs; expositions, centennials, & conventions; Ulysses S. Grant; justices of the peace; the Legislature; notaries public; relief; requests; Missouri Pacific Railway strikes; military relations; counties; criminals & criminal justice; Prohibition; and public institutions, lands, & welfare. The Subject index, ca. 1885-ca. 1889, provides information on topics of correspondence. The proclamations & messages include a Proclamation received volume, 1885, pertaining to the death of President Ulysses S. Grant and Proclamations received, 1886-1888, relating to Arbor Day. There is also an Officers of state institutions register, 1887-1889, containing listings for the Board of Regents of the State University (now the University of Kansas) (Lawrence) and State Penitentiary wardens. Additional records of Governor Martin are in separate series common to several governors including Miscellaneous volumes, 1885-ca. 1929; Executive proclamations, 1861-1980; Applications for requisitions, ca. 1870-1953; a Letter register, 1871-1895; a Record of death sentences, 1872-1906; Death sentence warrants, 1872-1908; Requisitions on governor from governors of other states for persons accused of crimes, 1873-1960; County organizational censuses, ca. 1873-ca. 1886; Prisoners in Kansas State Penitentiary, ca. 1875-ca. 1897; Citizenship pardons, 1876-1960; a Record of pardons, 1877-1888; Executive messages & proclamations, 1877-1914; Extraditions, 1877-1960; Final discharge of paroled prisoners, 1879-1913; an Appointments register, 1883-1885; Letter press books, 1865-1904; and a Record of pardons & commutations, 1887-1911.

14 ft. (33 boxes + 5 v.)

Kansas State Historical Society

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