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Collection of George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry materials
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P132
Overview
Biography of George Ellis written in 1953 by Howard C. Raynesford titled George Ellis, First Lieutenant, Company I, 12th Kansas Infantry. Ellis served as Lieutenant in the Kansas Infantry during the Civil War and was killed in battle. Ellis County and the town of Ellis in Kansas was named in his honor. Also included is a genealogy of the Ellis family, a photograph, and a photocopy of his military commission. Raynesford also gives a brief account of the...
Dates:
1862, 1953
Correspondence from Marcus Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family members
Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: RH MS VLT 554
Overview
The collection contains 34 letters written by Marcus Junius Parrott to his Dayton, Ohio family members. The letters date from April 7, 1851 to April 28, 1862, and are arranged chronologically. Also included in the collection are a brief handwritten statement by [Laurette?] Parrott [Irvin?] regarding the collection content, and an offprint of a published 1865 sermon by Phillips Brooks, delivered at the time of Abraham Lincoln's death.
Dates:
1851 - 1862
Elliott family papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 338
Overview
The Elliott family papers consist of correspondence, printed materials, photographs, and memorabilia from a family that settled in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas soon after it opened for Euro-American settlement in 1854.
Dates:
1838 - 1976
Interviews by William E. Connelley and letter
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P131
Overview
The accounts in this collection relate to Reuben Randlett's experiences in the 1856 sacking of Lawrence, Kansas; his activities as a spy among the raiders; the Battle of Black Jack; the dissolution of the Free State legislature in Topeka on July 4, 1856; and Randlett's captivity by William C. Quantrill in 1862. The collection also includes a photograph of Randlett.
Dates:
1906 - 1916
James William Denver papers and diary
Collection
Call Number: RH MS 19
Overview
Business papers and correspondence of James William Denver from 1839-1912. Includes a diary dated May 20, 1850-September 5, 1850, with miscellaneous notes.
Dates:
1839 - 1912
Lewis Timothy Litchfield papers
Collection
Call Number: RH MS VLT B6
Overview
This collection includes Lewis Timothy Litchfield's diary, 1854-1855, containing an account of his trip and settlement in Lawrence, Kansas, as part of the second Emigrant Aid party, and a certificate presented to Litchfield from his English study at Cambridge High School in Massachusetts.
Dates:
1854 - 1855
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- Denver, James William, 1863-1898 1
- Denver, Louise, -1914 1
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- Elliott, Maude, 1898- 1
- Elliott, Robert Gaston 1
- Elliott, Samuel Steele, 1870-1957 1
- Ellis, George, 1832-1864 1
- Harris, Doris 1
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- Litchfield, Lewis Timothy, 1838-1861 1
- Medary, S. (Samuel), 1801-1864 1
- Mix, Charles E. 1
- Parrott, Marcus J. (Marcus Junius), 1828-1879 1
- Plymouth Congregational Church (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
- Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891 1
- Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 1
- Randlett, Reuben A., 1837- 1
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