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William H. H. Whitney diary

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS P780
Overview The 1865 diary of Lawrence, Kansas resident William H. H. Whitney, a twenty-five year old Civil War veteran of Vermont's 13th Infantry Regiment, chronicles his activities as a recent emigrant to Lawrence with his wife and young son. Whitney's many entries describe the weather, his work and social activities, the birth of his second son, and local events. Entries of special note include the 1865 sighting and capture of a participant in William Quantrill's Lawrence Massacre of 1863, a...
Dates: diary entries: 1865; certificate: 1911

William Lawrence letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P87
Overview

Letter addressed to "my dear Appleton", dated Milton, Massachusetts, October 15, 1940. The letter discusses the founding of Lawrence, and the naming of the town.

Dates: October 15, 1940

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Lawrence (Kan.) -- History 67
Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 14
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Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 10
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Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863 -- Personal narratives 2
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French 1
 
Names
Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865 9
University of Kansas 6
Brown, John, 1800-1859 4
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930 3
Learnard, Mary S., 1842-1932 3
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Ambler, Cathy 2
Eldridge, Shalor Winchell, 1816-1899 2
Elliott, Robert Gaston 2
Friends in Council (Lawrence, Kan.) 2
Grover, Joel, 1825-1879 2
Haskell Institute 2
Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Company 2
Morrow, Robert, 1825-1912 2
Rice, Harry Nicholas 2
Rowe, Elfriede Fischer 2
Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897 1
Acme Manganese Mining Company (Kansas City, Kan.) 1
Adair family 1
Adair, Asa Rogers 1
Adair, Emma May Keyser, 1865-1952 1
Adair, Hugh Rogers, 1889-1971 1
Agnew family 1
Alford family 1
Allison, Isadora Augusta Johnson 1
Archibald family 1
Archibald, John Christie, 1812-1860 1
Armitage, Katie 1
Baldridge family 1
Barber family. 1
Barber, Thomas W., 1814-1855 1
Berry, G. W. (George W.) 1
Bismark Fair (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Black Kettle, -1868 (Cheyenne chief) 1
Borg family 1
Borgen, Charles, 1937-2021 1
Boss of the Bay Mining Company 1
Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922 1
Branson, Jacob 1
Bumgardner, Edward, 1865- 1
Carney, Thomas, 1824-1888 1
Chapman family 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Hiram C., 1817-1855 1
Clarke, Edith Marie, 1870-1957 1
Clarke, Florence 1
Clarke, Martha (Resident of Kansas) 1
Coal Creek Library (Vinland, Kan.) 1
Congress of Racial Equality 1
Cooper family 1
Cooper, John Wesley, 1842- 1
Crawford, Elizabeth Ticknor 1
Delaware Tribe of Indians 1
Delmonte Consolidated Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.) (Leadville, Colo.) 1
Dine-A-Mite Inn 1
Douglas County (Kan.). Board of County Commissioners. 1
Douglas County Historical Society (Douglas County, Kan.) 1
Dowdell, Rick D. 1
Drake, F. D. 1
Duncan, Elizabeth, 1837-1879 1
Dyer, Ruth Adair, 1895-1986 1
Earl, Elizabeth S. C. 1
Earl, Jennie L. 1
Earle family 1
Edwards, Charles L. (Charles Livingston), 1828-1916 1
Eldridge Hotel (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Eldridge House (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Eldridge family. 1
Elliott family 1
Elliott, Maude, 1898- 1
Elliott, Samuel Steele, 1870-1957 1
Ellis, George, 1832-1864 1
Embry, Dennis D., 1948- 1
February Sisters (University of Kansas) 1
Finley, James Agnew 1
Fisher, Charlie (Fugitive slave) 1
Fisher, H. D. (Hugh Dunn), 1824-1905 1
Fitch, Edward, 1832-1863 1
Fitch, Sarah Wilmarth 1
Francis, Carol Buhler 1
Fullenwider, Cathy 1
Girard, James Preston, 1944- 1
Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1
Gower, James H. 1
Gower, James O., 1832-1866 1
Gower, Robert H., 1844- 1
Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Kansas 1
Grand Army of the Republic. Lawrence Circle No. 75 (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Grand Army of the Republic. Washington Post No. 12 (Lawrence, Kan.) 1
Graves, G. 1
Haight Family. 1
Haight, J. Haviland, 1828- 1
Heider, Grace M. (Grace Moore) 1
Henderson, Margaret Thompson, 1880-1954 1
Henry, Margaret Virginia, 1853-1933 1
Hercules Powder Company 1
Hill, Irving, 1875-1965 1
Hindman, Thomas Carmichael, 1828-1868 1
Horowitz, Floyd R. 1
Horowitz, Frances Degen 1
Howe family. 1
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