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Plat and drawings of Aubry, Johnson County, Kansas
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This page from an 1874 plat book of Johnson County, Kansas includes a map of Aubry, Kansas and drawings of four Aubry Township residencies and stock farms, owned by W. H. Brady, John H. Troutman, J. H. Lusher, and E. F. Thompson.
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1874
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Camp Blood, near Pilot Knob, Missouri
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This sketch by a volunteer correspondent, originally published in Harper’s Weekly on September 21, 1861, depicts Camp Blood, near Pilot Knob, Missouri. Pilot Knob Mountain is shown to the right as it was before heavy ore excavation during and after the Civil War. Camp Blood became Fort Davidson in 1863 when permanent fortification was constructed.
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September 21, 1861
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John Caldwell Calhoun
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John C. Calhoun, President of the Lecompton Constitutional Convention.
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n.d.
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Newell W. Spicer and Friend Dick
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This portrait, taken ca. 1861-1865, depicts Newell W. Spicer and his friend Dick. Both served in the First Kansas Volunteer Infantry.
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John Doy and Rescue Party
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Photograph taken by Amon Gilbert DaLee in Lawrence, Kansas Territory in the summer of 1859 depicting Dr. John Doy, his son Charles, and his rescue party, which freed him from the St. Joseph, MO jail on July 23, 1859, where he was being held on charges of abducting slaves.
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1859
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William Jenkins
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This sepia carte de visite depicts Capt. William Jenkins, who served in Company C, Seventh Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph, ca. 1861-1865, was produced by Armstead & White of Corinth, Mississippi.
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Major-General Joseph Hooker
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Full-length portrait of Major-General Joseph Hooker in military uniform and mounted, with two tents and a large building in the background.
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St. Joseph, Missouri
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This bird's eye view of Saint Joseph, Missouri was created by A. Ruger and published by the Merchants Lithographing Co. in 1868.
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1868
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Gen. Hancock with Officers
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Black and white photograph of Generals Winfield S. Hancock, Francis C. Barlow, David B. Birney, and John Gibbon.
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Kansas - Col. Sumner Arriving at Constitution Hall
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Wood engraving of Col. Sumner dispersing the Topeka Legislature on July 4, 1856. The Topeka legislature met to draft a request to Congress for the admission of Kansas as a free state, but federal soldiers under command of Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner dispersed the assembly. The Topeka Constitution was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, but the U.S. Senate rejected it by two votes.
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July 26, 1856
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The Ruins of Lawrence, Kansas
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An illustration of the ruins of Lawrence, Kansas after Quantrill's Raid on August 21, 1863, originally published in Harper's Weekly.
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September 19, 1863
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Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas
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Stereograph by Alexander Gardner depicting Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence, Kansas. Founded by members of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society (later renamed the New England Emigrant Aid Company) in 1854, Lawrence was a center of Free-State activism during the Border War.
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1867
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Hon. George S. Boutwell of Mass.
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Black and white glass plate negative of George S. Boutwell, Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Lincoln.
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Gen. Samuel R. Curtis
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Black and white portrait of General Samuel R. Curtis, seated and in uniform. One of the first Republicans elected to Congress representing Iowa's 1st congressional district, Curtis resigned his seat in 1861 to join the Union Army. Curtis commanded Union forces to several victories during the Civil War, including at the Battle of Pea Ridge and the Battle of Westport.
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Andrew Johnson
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Lithograph of Andrew Johnson, circa 1865.
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Pony Express Rider
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Lloyd Branson painting of a mail carrier for the Pony Express.
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Merchant's Bank of Trenton One Dollar Bill
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The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, New Jersey, on November 20, 1861. The Merchant's Bank dollar bill was one of the earliest dated bills to depict President Lincoln's likeness following the President's authorization to print $250 million worth of Demand Notes in July, 1861.
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November 20, 1861
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Charles Sumner
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Lithograph of Senator Charles Sumner. The nation was polarized after Representative Preston Brooks (Democrat, South Carolina) caned antislavery Senator Charles Sumner (Republican, Massachusetts) nearly to death in the U.S. Senate chambers on May 22, 1856. Sumner delivered an anti-slavery speech called "The Crime against Kansas" two days before, and he spent the next three years recovering from his injuries. Southerners sent Brooks canes as a show of solidarity on the slavery issue.
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