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The Kansas Emigrants original unpublished manuscript

 Collection
Call Number: RH VLT MS C89

Overview

Attached to a leaf in this titled bound volume is John Greenleaf Whittier's poem, "The Kansas Emigrants," handwritten and signed by Whittier, together with his signed note of April 26 to the poem's unnamed recipient, addressed as "My Dear Friend." Included in the volume are typed transcriptions of the handwritten originals.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1854

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Biography of John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier, a New England Quaker poet, journalist, and abolitionist, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts on December 17, 1807. Among Whittier's many writings, his abolitionist poems were a powerful influence in rallying public sentiment against slavery. His poem "The Kansas Emigrants" (or "The Kansas Emigrant Song") was issued as a broadside in 1854, printed on card stock, and was sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" by groups of emigrants to Kansas Territory. From 1876 until the year of his death, Whittier made his home at Oak Knoll in Danvers, Massachusetts. He died on September 7, 1892 at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, and was buried in the Union Cemetery at Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Extent

1 volume ; 25 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH VLT MS C89

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase

Title
Guide to The Kansas Emigrants Collection
Subtitle
The Kansas Emigrants original unpublished manuscript
Author
Finding aid prepared by mh, 2008; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2008
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6689419838
Preferred citation
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892, The Kansas Emigrants original unpublished manuscript, Kansas Collection, RH VLT MS C89, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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