Relief
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879 Sept. -Dec.
Level of Description: Folder
Material Type: Government record
Call Number:
Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 18 Folder 9
Unit ID: 454694
Space Required/Quantity: [Not stated]
Title (Main title): Relief
Scope and Content
Scope and content: This file includes several letters regarding donating and transporting items such as seeds, flour, vegetables, and clothing to the relief aid. A letter from Edwin Barker and Reason Woolberton request Kansas Governor St. John send certificates of agency to them so they can present them to the relief community so they will contribute. In 1879, Governor St. John was called to consider the problem of providing relief for the destitute freedmen from the South who were coming into the State of Kansas. On May 8, 1879 the Kansas Freedmen?s Relief Association was incorporated with Governor St. John as president.
Locators:
| Locator | Contents |
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| 027-04-03-03 |
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Creators and Contributors
Agency Classification:
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Kansas State Agencies. Governor's Office. Specific Administrations. St. John, John Administration.
