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Constitution of the Sumner Company
Date: April 3, 1857
Constitution of the Sumner Company, written by John J. Ingalls. It was adopted April 3, 1857. There are 17 articles and states that the object of this company is to…
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Diary, Franklin L. Crane
Date: February 23, 1855 - September 29, 1856
The entries pertaining to Kansas Territory began on page 18, with Franklin Crane leaving his home in Easton, Pennsylvania with his son, Franklin Jr. He described their journey to Kansas…
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Map of Topeka town lots
Date: January 1856
This hand-drawn map of Topeka, Kansas was probably created by Franklin L. Crane on behalf of the Topeka Association. The accounts of the Topeka Association included elsewhere described how Crane…
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Receipt and memorandum concerning weapons and ammunition
Date: September 27, 1856
This receipt, which provides a detailed listing of revolvers, knives, cartridges, and other weapons and ammunition, declared that these weapons were “received of Chas. Robinson.” The following page is a…
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Town Share Certificate, Pawnee Association
Date: May 2, 1855
This certificate (no. 244) is made out to F. L. Crane. On the back was a notation made by Crane, probably at a later date, indicating that he had paid…
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A.S. Wilson to Henry J. Allen
Date: January 24, 1919
A.S. Wilson, an attorney in Galena, Kansas, writes to Governor Henry J. Allen to indicate his interest in a law that would allow second class cities to separate the schools…
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Secretary to the Governor to A. S. Wilson
Date: January 25, 1919
This is a letter from Governor Henry J. Allen’s secretary to Mr. A.S. Wilson about segregation in cities of the second class.
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N. Sawyer to Governor Henry Justin Allen
Date: January 11, 1918
A letter written by N. Sawyer of Topeka, Kansas, to Governor Henry Justin Allen. The letter expresses Sawyer’s concerns about a legislative bill that proposed to create separate, segregated schools…
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John R. Shillady to Governor Henry Justin Allen
Date: February 18, 1919
Letter written by John R. Shillady, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People executive secretary from 1918 to 1920, to Governor Henry Justin Allen. Shillady’s letter expresses his concerns…
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Eleanor Richardson to her daughter
Date: Unknown
Letter addressed to Miss Eleanor Richardson in Michigan from her mother, Eleanor, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The younger Eleanor married Jotham Meeker in 1830.
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Jotham Meeker to daughter Maria
Date: Unknown
Letter written to Maria Meeker from her father Jotham Meeker, a Baptist Indian missionary. This letter was written while Maria was away for schooling, and discusses the weather, poor health…
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Phonetic system for Indian languages used by Jotham Meeker
Date: 1825-1855
A forty-page, hand-written pamphlet written by Jotham Meeker illustrating the phonetic system which he used in writing and printing the Indian languages.
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Muster Roll, Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box, Jefferson County
Date: 1857
The Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box were free state supporters who were determined to see that fair elections were held in Kansas. James Lane was appointed…
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Muster Roll, Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box, Leavenworth County
Date: 1857
The Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box were free state supporters who were determined to see that fair elections were held in Kansas. James Lane was appointed…
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Muster Roll, Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box, Leavenworth County
Date: 1857
The Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballott Box were free state supporters who were determined to see that fair elections were held in Kansas. James Lane was appointed…
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Muster Roll, Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box, Leavenworth County
Date: 1857
The Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box were free state supporters who were determined to see that fair elections were held in Kansas. James Lane was appointed…
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Muster Roll, Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box, Leavenworth County
Date: 1857
The Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the Ballot Box were free state supporters who were determined to see that fair elections were held in Kansas. James Lane was appointed…
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Territorial Census, 1855, District 14
Date: February through March, 1855
This census was taken in order to determine eligible voters for elections to be held as proclaimed by Governor Andrew Reeder on November 10, 1854. The categories for information in…
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Julia Hardy Lovejoy’s diary
Date: December 10, 1854 through January 5, 1860
Julia Louisa Hardy Lovejoy and her husband, Charles Lovejoy, came to the Kansas Territory in March, 1855. Lovejoy described the trip and their first months in Kansas Territory in her…
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Territorial Census, 1855, District 8
Date: January through March, 1855
This census was taken in order to determine eligible voters for elections to be held as proclaimed by Governor Andrew Reeder on November 10, 1854. The categories for information in…
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Territorial census, 1855. District 7
Date: February, 1855
This census was taken in order to determine eligible voters for elections to be held as proclaimed by Governor Andrew Reeder on November 10, 1854. The categories for information in…
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Territorial Census, 1855, District 4
Date: January and February, 1855
This census was taken in order to determine eligible voters for elections to be held as proclaimed by Governor Andrew Reeder on November 10, 1854. The categories for information in…
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Exemption Roll, Kansas Militia for Precinct of Columbia, Madison County, 7th Brigade
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This undated document identified eight men from the Columbia precinct of Madison County, Kansas Territory, who were exempt from serving in the Kansas Militia. Four were exempted due to age…
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Muster Roll of Captain John Brown’s Company, Fifth Regiment, 1st Brigade, Kansas Volunteers
Date: December 12, 1855
This muster roll identified men who served in the Wakarusa War from November 27 to December 12, 1855. The fifth regiment was commanded by Col. George W. Smith, and this…
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Muster Roll of Captain Samuel Walker, Company D, Second Regiment, 1st Brigade, Kansas Volunteeers
Date: December 12, 1855
This muster roll identified men who served in the Wakarusa War from November 27 to December 12, 1855. The second regiment was commanded by Col. C. K. Holliday, and Company…