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Correspondence between Oscar G. Richards and William E. Connelley
Collection
Call Number: RH MS P136
Overview
Richards and William Connelley corresponded about Kansas territorial history. Richards, who participated in the border wars between Kansas Territory and Missouri (1854-1861), recounted the events for Connelley, a historian. The letters, dated 1902-1909, were written approximately 50 years after the events. Connelley and Richards were specifically interested in detailing the border war involvement of Richards himself as well as James Lane, John Brown, William Quantrill, and Governor...
Dates:
1902 - 1909
"Grandmother's Letters," by Louisa B. Simpson
Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: RH MS P983
Overview
Photocopy of typescript of stories about a young woman growing up in territorial and Civil War-era Kansas.
Dates:
1847 - 1864