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Date: October 4, 1843
No-tin-no, a leader of the Ottawa nation, wrote this letter to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, D. D. Mitchell, concerning a shipment of farming implements that the government had promised…
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Date: August 15, 1849
Jotham Meeker, misionary and printer, arrived in Kansas in 1833 and set up a printing press at Shawnee Baptist Mission. Meeker joined the Ottawa Indians in 1837 and founded a…
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Date: January 6, 1840
This is a copy of a letter that Isaac McCoy sent on behalf of the Delaware Indians. McCoy was a missionary in Indian Territory (present-day Kansas), and Crawford was Commissioner…
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Date: Between 1831 and 1840
Camp Comanche, an illustration copied from Commerce Of The Prairies by Josiah Gregg.
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Date: April 4, 1979
Robert W. Brown of Hill City, Kansas, writes Governor John Carlin of Topeka concerning Carlin’s veto of a bill reinstating capital punishment. Brown expresses his disappointment with the Governor’s veto.…
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Date: May 13, 1903-May 15, 1903
A homestead deed for Charles Curtis, a member of the Kaw tribe of Indians, signed by Wah-shun-gah, head chief of Kansas or Kaw tribe. Photostat copy made from original lent…
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Date: February 22, 1965
Wallace Gray, Kirk Chair of Philosophy, Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas writes Governor William Avery of Topeka concerning civil rights legislation. Mr. Gray expresses his support for legislation that would…
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Date: August 20, 1963
An anonymous Kansas resident writes the wife of Governor John Anderson Jr. of Topeka concerning a proposed atheist colony near Stockton, Kansas. The author expresses her opposition to the colony…
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Date: January 21, 1956
St. Louis, Missouri, resident “Bricklayer Bill” Kennedy writes Governor Fred Hall of Topeka, Kansas concerning his veto of the “Right-To-Work” bill (House Bill No. 30) then recently passed by both…
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Date: July 1899
This article is one of several in the July 1899 issue of Money (Vol. III No. I), “a non-partisan monthly magazine” published in New York, New York. The author of…
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Date: 1896
This short pamphlet discusses the problems that high tariffs and the gold standard create for workers and farmers. It clearly presents Populist ideas about the dire situation of Kansas farmers…
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Date: 1890
Erasmus Baker of Sidney, Iowa, wrote this pamphlet about problems of money in the United States and its impact on farmers and laborers. Baker supported Populist ideas about increasing the…
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Date: 1890
William Peffer authored this pamphlet offering various solutions to the financial problems of farmers. The extensive title, not all of which was listed but which is on the first page…
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Date: 1887
Erasmus R. Baker of Sidney, Iowa, wrote this pamphlet about various concerns about the economic system of the United States. He includes statistics and quotes from various people about the…
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Date: 1891
This article written by C. Wood Davis was published in volume 3 of The Arena in February 1891. Davis explores the inequities between farmers and the railroads and their investors.…
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Date: 1898
This speech was give by W. D. Vincent, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Kansas on April 28, 1898. He was a Populist. This speech is…
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Date: 1897
This pamphlet was written by R. W. Turner and issued by the Kansas Populist State Central Committee. Turner was a national committeeman of the National Silver Party. Turner was supporting…
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Date: 1896
In the pamphlet, James D. Holden voices his concerns about the need to pay interest to have access to money. This is one of several pamphlets by Holden dealing with…
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Date: 1896
James D. Holden provides answers to a “series of questions the locigal answers to which demonstrate a vital truth:–I.E., that paper money (proper) may be made plentiful, without deteriorating in…
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Date: July 24,1896
James D. Holden of Emporia, Lyon County, wrote this pamphlet to propose his solutions to the money problem raised by Populists. He takes the solution further than the unlimited coinage…
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Date: July 12, 1951
Farmer Ruby M. Johnson of Randolph, Kansas, writes Governor Edward F. Arn of Topeka, Kansas, concerning flood control on the Kansas River and its tributaries. The 1951 flooding of the…
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Date: April 30, 1892
Robert A. Sankey gave this speech at a meeting of the Peoples Party League in Wichita, Kansas. Sankey supports using silver to help back the U.S. money supply and discusses…
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Date: 1896
R. W. Turner, J. S. Caldwell, and J. A. Davis are listed as the authors of this pamphlet that advocates the idea of free silver to the Republicans in Kansas.…
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Date: 1896
W. H. Farrell of Leavenworth, Kansas, wrote this to support William Jennings Bryan’s campaign for president and to explain how the unlimited coinage of silver would aid workers. This pamphlet…
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Date: 1896
The members of the club in the title of this pamphlet were Civil War veterans. They were supporters of William Jennings Bryan and his efforts to promote the unlimited coinage…
