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Date: January 27, 1879
George W.T. Cass, Professor of English Literature at Indiana University, in this letter, emphatically and eloquently expresses his thanks for Kansas Governor St. John’s “firm……utterances” in support of the temperance…
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Date: January 21, 1879
In this letter from B. F. Flemicken of Clay Center, Kansas, to Kansas Governor John St. John, Flemicken thanks St. John for his “firm and bold” stance on temperance and…
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Date: January 20, 1879
This letter was written to Kansas Governor John St. John by F. Lightfoot of the Great Bend, Kansas, Temple of Honor. It expressed their interest in and appreciation for St.…
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Date: 1895-1905
This notebook contains the roster of the 2nd Regiment of the Kansas Militia during the Battle of the Blue, which occurred on October 22, 1864, in Jackson County, Missouri. Members…
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Date: March 26, 1859
This is an issue of the Herald of Freedom published by G. W. Brown & Co. in Lawrence, Kansas. Much of the front page features an article “The Jay-Hawker; A…
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Date: June 1, 1853-December 31, 1853
Volume two of Samuel James Reader’s diary written while his family lived in La Harpe, Illinois. Reader was only seventeen years old at the time, and the entries describe the…
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Date: 1895-1914
These letters from numerous individuals were received by Samuel James Reader. Only two of the letters, dated September 24, 1898, and October 11, 1899, were written by Reader. Many of…
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Date: 1901-1908
“Autobiography of an old Jayhawker” gives an early account of Samuel James Reader’s childhood and family (1849-1856) written when Reader was in his sixties. This autobiography is of particular interest…
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Date: June 16, 1891-September 6, 1895
Volume thirteen of Samuel James Reader’s diary. In this volume, Reader expresses his enjoyment of reading and photography. After taking pictures, Reader would number the prints in the margins of…
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Date: August 21, 1887-June 15, 1891
Volume twelve of Samuel James Reader’s diary. Events recorded in this volume include the destruction of his farmhouse resulting from a fire on April 8, 1890. Several illustrations, newspaper clippings,…
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Date: July 1, 1885-August 20, 1887
Volume eleven of Samuel James Reader’s diary. Inside the front cover is a photograph of Reader at the age of fifty. In addition to English, Reader writes the diary in…
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Date: 1871
This black and white lithograph is a bird’s eye view of the city of Chetopa, Kansas. The lithograph shows the location of churches, banks, mills, and railroad depots. A legend…
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Date: March 31, 1903-July 22, 1913
The last volume of Samuel James Reader’s diary. Reader gives a daily account of the weather, activities, and his failing health. Reader describes the May 1903 flooding that affected Soldier…
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Date: 1895-1903
Volume fourteen of Samuel James Reader’s diary. Reader gives a daily account of the weather, activities, and his physical condition. An entry made on March 30, 1898 comments on the…
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Date: November 08, 1873
This page is titled “Leaf from a Sketchbook” and the illustrations were created by French artists Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier. The sketches depict their travels from Pittsburgh, Kansas, to…
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Date: June 28, 1862 - June 30, 1862
These court documents concern a complaint lodged against Fool Chief, a Kansas Indian, for stealing a horse. Supposedly about the middle of June 1862 in Morris County, Kansas, one horse…
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Date: Between 1906 and 1907
This photograph from the book, “Marking the Santa Fe Trail”, shows a group of men standing beside the granite monument erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the…
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Date: 1908
This photograph from the book, ” Marking the Santa Fe Trail”, shows the granite marker in Lost Springs, Kansas. The red granite stone with its special bronze table design was…
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Date: 1907
This photograph from the book, “Marking the Santa Fe Trail”, shows the granite marker in Baldwin, Kansas. The stone was placed one- half mile north of the city of Baldwin.…
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Date: 1906
This photograph from the book, “Marking the Santa Fe Trail”, shows the granite marker in Burlingame, Kansas. The red granite stone was placed on the west side of the Switzler…
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Date: 1906
This black and white photograph from the book, “Marking the Santa Fe Trail”, shows the granite marker in Rice County, Kansas. The 5,000 pound stone was placed on the main…
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Date: October 24, 1910
This is a letter from G. M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Joseph B. Thoborn, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dodge tells how Fort Dodge was named. According to the letter, in…
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Date: March 23, 1875
This letter is from C.B. Schmidt, foreign agent for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Colonel A.S. Johnson of the Land Commission. Schmidt writes about stopping in Prussia…
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Date: 1862-1890
Collection of letters to Kate Newland from several acquaintances, one being Vinnie Ream. Some were written by her romantic suitors, including Samuel Stephens, William Nelson, J.H. Malott, A. McCartney, Alex…
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Date: June 09, 1877
This letter is from C.B. Schmidt, foreign agent for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Colonel A.S. Johnson, Acting Land Commission for the Santa Fe Railroad. Schmidt writes…
