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Walter Battice to George W. Martin
Date: July 14, 1910
In this letter to George W. Martin, Sac and Fox member Walter Battice responds to Martin and Ida M. Ferris’s inquires about Sac and Fox history, explaing that Black Hawk…
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Ida M. Ferris to George W. Martin
Date: July 11, 1910
In this letter to George W. Martin, Ida Ferris discusses Sac and Fox members, including Black Hawk, who “was not buried on top of the earth, but in a sitting…
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Walter Battice to George W. Martin
Date: July 07, 1910
In this letter to George W. Martin, Sac and Fox member Walter Battice discusses the 1865 treaty between the Sac and Fox and the U.S. Government, explaing that it “has…
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Charles R. Green to George W. Martin
Date: June 28, 1910
In this letter to George W. Martin, Charles R. Green addresses details of Sac and Fox history.
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Fannie W. Nadeau to George W. Martin
Date: June 27, 1910
In this brief letter to George W. Martin, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Fannie Nadeau provides answers for 11 questions sent to her by Ida M. Ferris. The…
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George W. Martin to Ida M. Ferris
Date: June 21, 1910
In this letter to Ida Ferris, George W. Martin discusses information regarding the Indian, Black Hawk. Black Hawk, a leader of the Sauk (Sac) tribe, was involved in the War…
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Charles R. Green to George W. Martin
Date: June 20, 1910
In this letter to George W. Martin, Charles R. Green addresses information related to the Sac and Fox tribe. Green, proprietor of Green’s Library and Museum in Olathe, Kansas, explains…
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Fannie W. Nadeau to George W. Martin
Date: June 18, 1910
In this postcard note to George W. Martin of the Kansas State Historical Society, Fannie W. Nadeau explains to Martin that Shawpaw kaw kah shot himself around 1863, shortly after…
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Fannie Nadeau to Ida M. Ferris
Date: June 09, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Fannie Nadeau addresses various elements of Sac and Fox history. Nadeau explains that she cannot tell Ferris much about the Pawnee War because…
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Leo Whistler to Ida M. Ferris
Date: May 14, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Leo Whistler of the U.S. Indian Service responds to earlier letters from Ferris. In his reponse, Whistler provides information regarding Sac and Fox…
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O.J. Green to Ida M. Ferris
Date: March 02, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, U.S. Indian Services Superintendent O.J. Green answers Ferris’s questions regarding Sac and Fox members in Iowa. Green explains that there were 350 Sac…
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Walter Battice to Ida M. Ferris
Date: March 02, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Sac and Fox member Walter Battice addresses Ferris’s quest to gather information on the Sac and Fox tribe. In fact, Battice explains that…
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Walter Battice to Ida M. Ferris
Date: February 18, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Sac and Fox member Walter Battice assures Ferris that he is interested in her work on the history of the Sac and Fox…
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The rugged rocky region
Date: 1921
This booklet contains four poems written by Brownlow Hopper. His wife, Grace B. Hopper, signed the inside cover presenting the copy to her mother. Hopper also published a book of…
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Harry B. Gilstrap to Ida M. Ferris
Date: January 20, 1910
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Harry B. Gilstrap discusses his knowledge of Sac and Fox member Walter Battice, who Ferris had corresponded with in regards to Sac and…
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Senator Charles Curtis to Ida M. Ferris
Date: December 18, 1909
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas provides information on the Sac and Fox tribe that Ferris had requested at an earlier date for an…
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Walter Battice to Ida M. Ferris
Date: November 02, 1909
In this letter to Ida M. Ferris, Walter Battice discusses recent events at the Sac and Fox Agency in Oklahoma. In particular, Battice explains to Ferris that the Sac and…
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Andrew J. Mead to John A. Haldeman
Date: July 12, 1856
In this letter to John A. Haldeman, Andrew J. Mead asks if he knows of a portion of the Wyandotte Float that was available for sale. The Wyandotte Floats were…
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Andrew H. Reeder to John A. Haldeman
Date: August 11, 1856
In this letter to John A. Haldeman, Andrew H. Reeder discusses the “sacking of Lawrence,” the loss of papers related to the sale on lands that once belonged to Indians,…
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The state of Kansas and Irish immigration
Date: 1871
In this pamphlet, Irish Catholic priest Thomas Ambrose Butler describes his experience in Kansas as a pastor at the Catholic cathedral in Leavenworth. Butler provides advice to people in Ireland…
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Greenwood Town Association
Date: May 05, 1856
This item dates from the early territorial period of Kansas, and it indicates that one share of the town property belonging to the Greenwood Town Association was transferred to A.G.…
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Thomas A. Hendricks to John A. Haldeman
Date: January 16, 1856
In this letter to John A. Haldeman, Thomas A. Hendricks of the General Land Office informs Haldeman that all Native Indian lands that were being vacated in Nebraska and Kansas…
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Andrew H. Reeder to John A. Haldeman
Date: October 06, 1855
In this letter to John A. Haldeman, Andrew H. Reeder informs Haldeman that he has been told that “a new assessment of $5 per share to pay for a Wyandot…
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To all whom it may concern, Wyandott Reservations west of the Missouri River
Date: September 01, 1855
In this item, a copy of the original, Johnston Lykins issues notice that the Department of Interior is moving to protect the “rights of the Wyandott Indians reserves, their heirs…
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Albert R. Greene to Franklin G. Adams
Date: August 18, 1897
In this letter to Franklin G. Adams, Albert R. Greene explains that he recently met with Charles C. Haynes, with whom he discussed the waning days of the Overland Stage.…