Washington Hadley correspondence
Overview
Three pieces of correspondence from Washington Hadley dated December 29, 1865, January 29, 1866, and December 9, 1877. Washington Hadley was the first president of National Bank of Lawrence and a member of the Society of Friends.
Dates
- Creation: 1865 - 1877
Creator
- Hadley, Washington (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library Staff may determine use restrictions depents on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Washington Hadley (1817-1911)
Washington Hadley was born in December 12, 1817 in Greensboro, North Carolina and married Naomi Henley Hadley in 1839. Sometime after Kansas opened for Euro-American settlement, Hadley moved to Lawrence, Kansas. While in Lawrence, Hadley worked as a reporter, city council member, mayor for two and a half terms from 1869 to 1872, and the first president of the National Bank of Lawrence. In 1889, Hadley and his family moved to California and settled in Whittier, and in 1895, established the Bank of Whittier, one of the first banks in Whittier. Hadley passed away on December 21, 1911.
Extent
1 folder : Photocopies of 3 letters
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS P379
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Loaned for copying, Nancy S. Brown, 1981.
Subject
- Hadley, Washington -- Correspondence (Person)
- Lawrence National Bank (Lawrence, Kan.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to Washington Hadley Collection
- Subtitle
- Washington Hadley correspondence
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by cmp, 2021. Finding aid encoded by cmp, 2021.
- Date
- 2021-06
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8191126337
- Preferred citation
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Washington Hadley correspondence, RH MS P379, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository