Episodes in Kansas history
Overview
Episodes in Kansas history; three incidents included in The Gun and the Gospel. Lawrence? ca. 1896?
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1896?
Creator
- Fisher, H. D. (Hugh Dunn), 1824-1905 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 folder (49 leaves. Holograph. Separately titled episodes.)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
Published in The Gun and the gospel, early Kansas and Chaplain Fisher. Chicago, Kenwood Press, 1896. Three episodes, "Exciting Chase After a Fugitive Slave", "The Lawrence Massacre, August 21, 1863", and "Shot at in the Pulpit, but Missed", are narrated by Fisher, who was a participant in each of the incidents. The first episode relates Fisher's involvement in the efforts to rescue a fugitive slave, Charlie Fisher, who lived in Leavenworth, from slavecatchers. The second episode relates the author's recollections of Quantrill's raid. The third episode recalls an attempt on Fisher's life while preaching a sermon at Olathe, Kansas. Each of these episodes was included in Fisher's autobiography, The Gun and the Gospel (1896).
Physical Location
RH MS P27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from Burton J. Williams, July, 1965. >
Subject
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 (Person)
- Fisher, Charlie (Fugitive slave) (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Hugh Dunn Fisher Collection
- Subtitle
- Episodes in Kansas history
- Author
- lgg 28 June 1972 mg 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid writtenin<language> English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/1023890793
- Preferred citation
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Hugh Dunn Fisher Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS P27 , Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository