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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Francis Cleveland papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4542
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers kept by Samuel Francis Cleveland, 1847-1893. Material relates to his life and work in Bennington, Waconda, Delphos, and Galena, Kansas. Documented are Cleveland's relationships with wife Lucy Knight Cleveland, sons Mortimer Lindsay Cleveland and Arthur Artemas Cleveland, and father-in-law John Knight; his efforts farming and running a nursery; his travels throughout Kansas; and his political opinions and religious beliefs. Present throughout are...
Dates:
1847-1923, bulk 1847-1893
Frank Trumbull Lee papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4349
Abstract:
746 letters, bank deposit books, checkbooks, cash account books, a stock ledger book, receipts, circulars, brochures, prospectuses, documents, and ephemera by or relating to Colonel Frank Trumbull Lee, 1887-1901. Materials document Lee's business ventures in New Haven, Connecticut; his family life; and his time serving in the Connecticut National Guard. Included is correspondence relating to Lee's mining and real estate ventures in Tallapoosa, Georgia; Kansas City, Missouri; and Kearney,...
Dates:
1887-1901
Edwin Cooley Mason and Minerva Needham Mason letters to Rodney Mason
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4549
Abstract:
Collection of 51 letters sent to Rodney Mason from his brother Edwin Cooley Mason and mother Minerva Needham Mason, 1875-1878. The letters were sent as the pair travelled from Newport Barracks, Kentucky; Columbus Barracks, Ohio; Fort Vancouver, Washington; and Portland, Oregon, and document the Edwin Cooley Mason's service in the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Department of Columbia.A majority of the letters relate to the Nez Perce War and the Bannock War and mention generals...
Dates:
1875-1882
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- Columbus (Ohio) 1
- Connecticut -- Economic conditions -- 19th century 1
- Connecticut -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
- Custody of children -- Kansas 1
- Diaries 1
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- Farmers -- Kansas -- 19th century 1
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- Fathers and sons 1
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