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Clarke, Sidney, 1831-1909

 Person

Found in 4 Records:

Edward D. Thompson correspondence

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P162

Kansas U.S. Representative's Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P297
Scope and Contents

This collection contains scattered correspondence, clippings, etc, of Kansas U.S. Congressmen collected over the years by various individuals.

Dates: 1861 - 1922

Letter to Colonel Taylor commenting on Senator Lane's and Congressman Clark's stands on Negro suffrage

 Collection — Folder 1
Call Number: RH MS P153
Overview

Letter from Colonel Taylor, dated Lawrence, Kansas, which discusses business transactions but does not specify particulars. Comments on Senator Jame Henry Lane and Congressman Sidney Clarke's stands on Negro suffrage.

Dates: 1865

Sidney Clarke letters

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P226
Overview

Sidney Clarke was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts on October 16, 1831. He was the editor and publisher of the Southbridge Press from 1853 to 1857. He emigrated to Kansas in 1858 and settled at Shawnee. He became a member of the state legislature in 1862 and was a United States Representative at Large, 1865-1871. The collection includes three letters to Charles Lanman, editor of Dictionary of the U.S. Congress (1858), and a portrait of Clarke at RH MS-P P226.

Dates: 1865