Medium: Text
Date: 1935
With the capital punishment law repealed in 1907, the Kansas Legislature made several unsuccessful attempts at reinstatement in 1927, 1931, and 1933. In 1935, the legislature succeeded in reinstating the…
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Date: December 19, 1907
Kansas Governor Edward W. Hoch of Topeka responds to a request by Rev. A. B. Wolfe of Kiester, Minnesota, for information on the death penalty in Kansas. Hoch describes the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1907
The Kansas Legislature passed House Bill 66 by January 18 and Governor Edward W. Hoch signed the bill into law on January 30, 1907. The law abolished capital punishment in…
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Date: October 31, 1906
Kansas Governor Edward W. Hoch of Topeka responds to a request by Vermont Governor Fletcher D. Procter of Montpelier for information on Kansas laws concerning capital punishment. Hoch states that…
Medium: Text
Date: October 22, 1906
Vermont Governor Fletcher D. Procter of Montpelier writes Kansas Governor Edward W. Hoch of Topeka concerning capital punishment. Procter wants to know if Kansas laws have effectively abolished capital punishment,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1891
This lengthy pamphlet appears to be written by G. H. Fish of Wellington, Kansas. It describes the inequities in the U.S. economy, focusing on the poor. It contains many Populist…
Medium: Text
Date: July 20, 1891
This debate between Mary Elizabeth Lease and J. M. Brumbaugh occurred in Concordia, Kansas on July 20, 1891. They debated land, finance, and transportation questions though a formal question concerning…
Medium: Text
Date: 1875
Artist and musican, Henry Worrall drew this illistration as a land advertisement for L. R. Elliott, Manhattan, Kansas. The circular states “for further particulars and for Cheap Lands and Desirable…
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Date: June 21, 1876
While executions by state authority were legal in Kansas from 1861-1907, the State Legislature imposed tighter regulations on the process with Senate Bill 18 (1872). The act provided the time…
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Date: 1896
This is a satire pamphlet published by Percy Daniels for the People’s Party. It characterizes the inherent dangers posed by big moneyed interest against the general populace of the nation.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1866
Guitarist Henry Worrall published his arrangement of the celebrated solo guitar instrumental “Spanish Fandango” about 1866 with J.L. Peters & Bros., music publisher, of St. Louis, Missouri. In the early…
Medium: Text
Date: 1896
This pamphlet was published by Percy Daniels for the People’s Party. It discusses the political situation in Kansas during the Populist era. It warns against the moneyed interest domination over…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1850 and 1900
This document is Henry Worrall’s original manuscript music for two solo guitar instrumentals, one untitled and one titled “Jack.” In the early twentieth century, Worrall’s popular guitar instrumentals played a…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1850 and 1900
A manuscript version of guitarist Henry Worrall’s celebrated guitar instrumental “Sebastopol.” Worrall initially published “Sebastopol” in the 1850s with W. C. Peters and Sons of Cincinnati, Ohio. Included among Worrall’s…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1850 and 1900
This document is Henry Worrall’s original manuscript copy of a solo guitar instrumental he called “Chimes of E.” This piece is presumed to be an original composition or arrangement by…
Medium: Text
Date: 1908
Percy Daniels published this pamphlet supporting the Populist Party view that the wealthiest in the United States need to pay a greater share in taxes for the betterment of the…
Medium: Text
Date: Around 1896
A guitar solo titled “Carmencita” in manuscript by guitarist Henry Worrall. Worrall published his solo instrumental “Carmencita Series of Mexican Dances” with E.B. Guild music publisher of Topeka, Kansas, about…
Medium: Text
Date: Around 1866
A manuscript copy of a guitar solo titled “Capretio” by Henry Worrall. Worrall published his solo guitar instrumental “Capretio on a Mexican Air” about 1866 with Oliver Ditson & Co.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1884
In the 1850s, guitarist Henry Worrall published this popular guitar tutorial with W.C. Peters & Sons of Cincinnati, Ohio. By the 1880s, Worrall had acquired copyright to the publication and…
Medium: Text
Date: 1866
Several instrumental pieces by Henry Worrall are included here within a series of solo guitar pieces published by J.L. Peters & Bro. of St. Louis, Missouri. This copy of that…
Medium: Text
Date: 1896
Guitarist Henry Worrall published this series of solo guitar instrumentals with E.B. Guild music publisher of Topeka, Kansas. The title page credits Worrall as the author of “Sebastopol” and other…
Medium: Text
Date: 1853
Guitarist Henry Worrall published his solo instrumental “Violet Waltz” with W.C. Peters & Sons of Cincinnati, Ohio. This copy comes from Worrall’s personal collection. The many penciled notations included throughout…
Medium: Text
Date: 1866
Henry Worrall publishes his celebrated solo guitar instrumental “Mexican Air” with Oliver Ditson & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. In the early twentieth century, Worrall’s popular guitar instrumentals played a key…
Medium: Text
Date: 1866
A guitar instrumental by Henry Worrall is included here within a series of solo guitar pieces published by J.L. Peters & Bro. of St. Louis, Missouri. This copy of that…
Medium: Text
Date: 1866
A guitar instrumental by Henry Worrall is included here within a series of solo guitar pieces published by J.L. Peters & Bro. of St. Louis, Missouri. Worrall’s select melodies include…
