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Ephraim Nute
Date: 1860s
Portrait of Rev. Ephraim Nute. He was a Unitarian minister in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. Nute served as chaplain for the Territorial Legislature at Lecompton and was a chaplain for the…
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Horace Greeley
Date: Between 1854 and 1859
A photograph of Horace Greeley who was editor of the New York Tribune during the Kansas territorial era. He actively supported the free state cause in Kansas through editorials as…
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Isaac Tichenor Goodnow
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Isaac Goodnow was an early resident of Manhattan, Kansas, and was a free-state supporter. He was a delegate to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention and was one of the founders of…
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Alfred Larzelere
Date: 1854-1860
Alfred Larzelere of Doniphan County was active in free state politics. He served as speaker of the Kansas House in 1859 and as a delegate to the Leavenworth constitutional convention.…
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J. Lee Knight
Date: 1854-1860
J. Lee Knight was a photographer. He owned the New River Side Gallery in Topeka, Kansas Territory.
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Gaius Jenkins
Date: Between 1854 and 1858
An ambrotype showing Gaius Jenkins, who was born in New York state in 1812. He and his wife came to Kansas City, Missouri in 1853, and they moved to Lawrence,…
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James Henry Lane
Date: 1861
This is a copy of an original photograph taken of Lane in New York City, 1861. James Henry Lane was a Free State leader, serving as an aid to emigrants…
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Franklin Loomis Crane
Date: Between 1861 and 1884
Franklin Crane, 1808-1884, was a prominent citizen in Topeka, Kansas Territory. He was a member of the Topeka Association and he helped to build the first bridge across the Kansas…
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John Calhoun
Date: Between 1854 and 1961
This is a cabinet card showing John Calhoun who was the Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska Territories. He was an active Democrat and served as President of the Lecompton…
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William Riley Griffith
Date: Between 1854 and 1861
A photograph of William Riley Griffith, a free state supporter who lived in Marmaton, Bourbon County. He was a delegate to the Topeka and Wyandotte Constitutional Conventions and was on…
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Charles Rainsford Jennison
Date: Probably 1861
A portrait of Charles Rainsford Jennison, shown holding a rifle, with a dog at his feet, and dressed in outdoor garb with a fur hat and gloves, and a fringed…
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John Tecumseh Jones
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John Tecumseh Jones was part Ottawa Indian and served as an interpreter for the Ottawa Indians. He was known as Tauy Jones or Ottawa Jones. He was also supportive of…
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Robert McBratney
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Robert McBratney was a native of Ohio who moved to Kansas Territory in 1857. He originally settled in Atchison and owned half of the Squatter Sovereign. The other half was…
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Peter McVicar
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Peter McVicar came to Kansas in 1860 from Maine. He was the first pastor of the Topeka Congregational Church. He later served as president of Washburn College
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Samuel Medary
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This formal portrait represents Samuel Medary, 1801-1864, newspaper editor and publisher from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He serves as the sixth territorial governor of Kansas from December 20, 1859 until December…
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Robert Byington Mitchell
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Robert B. Mitchell settled in Paris, Linn County, Kansas Territory, in 1856. He was born in Ohio and studied law. He was active in free state territorial politics. He served…
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Oscar E. Learnard
Date: Late 1880s-Early 1900s
Learnard, Oscar E., lawyer, journalist and soldier, was born at Fairfax, Vt., Nov. 14, 1832, in the same house where his father was born. He was of the ninth generation…
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Thaddeus Hyatt
Date: 1843-1898
Thaddeus Hyatt (1843-1898) was an abolitionist and served as head of the National Kansas Committee in 1856. He was also involved in efforts to provide relief to settlers in 1860.
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William Hutchinson
Date: Between
A portrait of William Hutchinson, a journalist and correspondent for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Democrat and Washington Republic, he covered events in Kansas from 1855 through…
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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday
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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday came to Kansas Territory from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was the first president of the Topeka Town Association and was involved in founding and settling Topeka. He was…
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an ardent Northern abolitionist. He also served as an agent for the Massachusetts Kansas Aid Committee, procuring rifles, powder, cartridges and other materials for free state…
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James Hanway
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James Hanway was active in free state activities. He was a friend of John Brown and served in John Brown, Jr.’s militia company. He was a delegate to the Wyandotte…
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Marian Brown Hand
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Marian Brown Hand was a sister of Florella Brown Adair and a half sister to John Brown. Her parents were Owen and Sally Root Brown. From her home in Ohio,…
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John A. Halderman
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John Halderman grew up in Kentucky and was trained as a lawyer. He came to Kansas Territory in 1854 and served as the personal secretary to the first territorial governor…
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Abelard Guthrie
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Abelard Guthrie was a member of the Wyandot tribe through his marriage to his wife Quindaro Nancy. He was elected as the Wyandot delegate to Congress in 1852. He was…