TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

EMBRACING THE

FIFTH AND SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORTS,

1886-1888,

TOGETHER WITH COPIES OF OFFICIAL PAPERS DURING A PORTION OF THE ADMINIS-

TRATION OF GOVERNOR WILSON SHANNON, 1856, AND THE EXECUTIVE

MINUTES OF GOVERNOR JOHN W. GEARY DURING HIS ADMIN-

ISTRATION, BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 9, 1836, AND
ENDING MARCH 10, 1857.

COMPILED BY F. G. ADAMS, SECRETARY.

VOL. IV.

ЭТОРЕКА.

KANSAS PUBLISHING HOUSE: CLIFFORD C. BAKER, STATE PRINTER.

1890.

Members of the Board of Directors for the term ending January 20, 1891 :

ANTHONY, D. R..

BAILEY, L. D..

BAKER, F. P.

BALL, VOLNEY.

ENGLISH, A. N.

ESKRIDGE, C. V
FRANCIS, JOHN.

GLICK, GEO. W.

GOODNOW, ISAAC T.
GREENE, A. R.

GREER, ED. P.

HAMILTON, J. W.

HILLER, C. A..

HOLT, JOEL..

HUMPHREY, L. U.

JONES, JOHN P..

KINGMAN, S. A.

ADAMS, F. G.

BOOTH, HENRY

CARR, E. T.

Members of the Board of Directors for the term ending January 19, 1892:

CARROLL, ED.

CHRISTIAN, JAMES.

DALLAS, E. J..

EDWARDS, W. C.

ELLIOTT, L. R.

EMERY, J. S.
Goss, N. S.

HANNA, B. J. F

HAYS, R. R.

HEIZER, D. N.

HILLS, F. M.

HOLLIDAY, C. K..

HOPKINS, SCOTT

HUMPHREY, JAMES.

ABBOTT, J. B..

ADAMS, N. A.

Members of the Board of Directors for the term ending January 17, 1893:

DeSoto.
Manhattan.

Ottawa.

Lawrence.
Lawrence.

. Lawrence.

Hays City.
Lawrence.
Atchison.
Manhattan.

Topeka.

Topeka.

HOCH, E. W.

Marion.

HOWE, EDGAR W

Atchison,

Kansas City.
Leavenworth.
Syracuse.
Osborne.
..Arkansas City.

Atchison.
Leavenworth.
Salina,

Geuda Springs.
Minneapolis.
Lawrence.
Lawrence.

Sherlock.

Fort Scott.
Hiawatha.
Dodge City.

Garden City.
Leavenworth.
Kansas City.
Liberty.
Wichita.
Mound City.
Topeka.
Sedan.
Hiawatha.
Topeka.
Wellington.
Decatur.
McPherson.

Topeka.
Osborne.
Fairmount.

McPherson.
Parsons.
Topeka.

Larned.

Medicine Lodge.

Topeka.
Troy.
Wichita.

El Dorado.
Newton.
Fort Scott.
..Iola.

McPherson.
Emporia.
Baldwin City.
Clay Center.

Bound Newspaper Files and Periodicals in the Library,

Current Newspapers and Periodicals being Received,

Meeting of the Board of Directors,

Yearly Growth of the Library,

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