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Letters regarding Lawrence, Kansas history

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P812

Overview

These two letters, solicited by Lawrence, Kansas resident Paul R. Brooks, are from Samuel Newell Simpson and Samuel C. Smith--two of Kansas Territory's earliest settlers in the free-state cause. Simpson recounts his participation in the Battle of Franklin in 1856. Smith [a member of the New England Aid Company's first party of emigrants to Kansas Territory] comments on the Territory's political events of 1856.

Dates

  • Creation: 1903

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.

Extent

2 folders ; 25 x 38cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

RH MS P812

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unknown

Title
Guide to the Paul R. Brooks Collection
Subtitle
Letters regarding Lawrence, Kansas history
Author
Finding aid prepared by mh, 2007; Finding aid encoded by mh, 2007
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/10407/6723549522
Preferred citation
Brooks, Paul R, Letters regarding Lawrence, Kansas history, Kansas Collection, RH MS P812, 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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