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Requests for appointments for notary publics and commissioners of deeds. Also included is a letter concerning commissioners for the Committee on the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington, and a certificate of appointment for Louis D. Ricketts as territorial geologist and mining engineer.

Scope and Content From the Collection: Collection chiefly includes correspondence and petitions for pardons during Moonlight's term as governor of the Wyoming Territory; together with material relating to the organization of Natrona and Sheridan counties, Wyoming, and the disposition of Fort Sanders military reservation land. Subjects discussed in the governor's correspondence include appointments, pardons, livestock, requisitions and extraditions, Indians, militia, land laws and settlement, University of Wyoming, legislation,...

Scope and Contents Letterpress books: Microfilm:1/25/1887 - 9/10/1888 Official correspondence with local, territorial, state and federal officials, as well as private citizens. Topics include petitions for pardons and pardons, appointments, legislation, requisitions and extraditions, livestock, addition to penitentiary at Laramie, accounts, land laws and settlement, Indians, militia, the University, post offices, game and fish matters, Fourth of July celebration, and routine administrative...

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Correspondence concerning the establishment of post offices, postal routes, and the appointment of clerks and postmasters. Most of the correspondence is between Governor Moonlight and postal officials in Washington, D.C., the rest is from regional officials and private citizens.

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Correspondence from members of the Hopkins family of Illinois and Indiana regarding the family estate in England. They sought Moonlight's help in collecting their inheritance. Also included is a copy of Mary Wright's power of attorney.

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Report of the Wyoming Penitentiary Commission on prisons in Lincoln, Nebraska and Joliet, Illinois where Wyoming prisoners were confined.

Report on results of election for a delegate to the 51st Congress of the United States, and for members of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory.

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Formal petitions for pardons, and correspondence from convicts and from petitioners in behalf of convicts. These records may or may not include final decisions regarding pardons.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Formal petitions for pardons, and correspondence from convicts and from petitioners in behalf of convicts. These records may or may not include final decisions regarding pardons.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Formal petitions for pardons, and correspondence from convicts and from petitioners in behalf of convicts. These records may or may not include final decisions regarding pardons.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Formal petitions for pardons, and correspondence from convicts and from petitioners in behalf of convicts. These records may or may not include final decisions regarding pardons.