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
- Brooks, Paul R. (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
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
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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