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Born in Attica, Wyoming County, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1846. Moved to the Kansas Territory in 1856, where he became a banker and railroad magnate. Returned to Attica in the 1880s; elected as a Democrat to the 48th Congress (1883-1885).

From the description of R. S. Stevens letter : Attica, to Guy H. Salisbury, Buffalo, 1862 Dec. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 181085058

Lawyer, Indian land agent, railroad construction overseer. Of Lecompton, Lawrence, Kan.; Sedalia, Mo.

Robert Wadleigh Smith Stevens was born in Attica, N.Y., on Mar. 27, 1824. He was the only son of Judge Alden Sprague and Achsa (Smith) Stevens. Alden Stevens did not follow family tradition by becoming a yeoman farmer. He was the first in his family to acquire a college education and became a teacher, an attorney and a judge. Alden was an advocate for modernization in education and was interested in the development of railroads which was a novel idea for his time. Robert Stevens was influenced and shaped by these ideas. Robert attended common (public) school in Attica. Family financial strains caused his formal education to end at 17 but he continued to study on his own and became a certified public school teacher in 1844. He read law with the Wyoming County district attorney and was admitted to the bar in 1846. Stevens also worked a number of other jobs; clerk at an auction house, post office, and was a partner in a mercantile venture. In 1850 Robert had his first experience with railroad promotion with the construction of the Tonawanda Valley Railroad. This was a short line railroad but the experience was of value later when he began overseeing the construction of what became the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad twenty years later. By 1852, Robert was a successful man of affairs and married Mary Proctor Smith in October. She was a second cousin on his mother's side and came from a well to do lumbering and land owning family. Mary was from Manchester, Mass. They only had one surviving child, Charles Frederick, born in 1856. Stevens was a staunch Democrat in a predominantly Republican area and gained stature in his party by campaigning, at the local level, for James Buchanan as president. During this time he also met Wilson Shannon, a former territorial governor of Kansas. Shannon convinced Stevens he should move to the Kansas Territory so they could practice law together. Stevens went to the Kansas Territory in 1856.

From the description of Papers, 1856-1875. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 53311543

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King-Joyner Family Papers 1867-1951

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King-Joyner Family Papers, 1867-1951

Title: King-Joyner Family Papers 1867-1951

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R. S. Stevens letter : Attica, to Guy H. Salisbury, Buffalo, 1862 Dec. 15.

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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893. R. S. Stevens letter : Attica, to Guy H. Salisbury, Buffalo, 1862 Dec. 15.

Title: R. S. Stevens letter : Attica, to Guy H. Salisbury, Buffalo, 1862 Dec. 15.

Letter written to Salisbury, corresponding secretary of the Buffalo Historical Society, relating the story, told him by Amzi Wright, of the first town meeting held on the Holland Purchase on the first Tuesday of March 1803 at Vanderventer's house, 18 miles west of Batavia. There were a total of 144 voters present, out of a total of 153 on the Purchase. Peter Vanderventer was elected supervisor of the town of Batavia.

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Stevens family papers [electronic resource], 1805-1899.

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Stevens family. Stevens family papers [electronic resource], 1805-1899.

Title: Stevens family papers [electronic resource], 1805-1899.

This is a collection of correspondence and other papers relating to Robert S. Stevens' work as manager of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway and the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and to his investments in Kansas lands. This collection is dated from 1805 - 1899. This collection is available in scanned images and PDF form and can be searched by full text, author and title.

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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893. Papers, 1856-1875.

Title: Papers, 1856-1875.

This collection contains more than 1,800 documents. Most are of a business nature although there is some of a personal nature. Some of the correspondence relates to Stevens peripherally and there are several newspaper articles relating to him and his work. Most of the collection pertains to his work and association with Kansas: as an attorney and land agent in Lecompton and as general manager of the M-K-T Railroad. The earlier material included in this collection provides valuable insights into his personal, political, and professional life in Kansas immediately prior to the Civil War. There is also information on his work at the Sac & Fox Indian Agency, Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kan., and the Atlantic & Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads. Since the collection ends in 1875, there is no information about his term as a Congressman, nor earlier and later careers. Correspondents include George Denison and Levi Parsons.

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Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company.

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Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Buffalo Historical Society (N.Y.).

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Denison, George, 1822-1876.

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Denison, George, 1822-1876.
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Kansas. Legislature. Senate.

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Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company.

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Missouri Pacific Railway Company.

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Missouri Pacific Railway Company.
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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

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Parsons, Levi, 1822-1887.

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Parsons, Levi, 1822-1887.
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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

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Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865.

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Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865.
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Salisbury, Guy H. (Guy Hyde), 1811-1868.

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Salisbury, Guy H. (Guy Hyde), 1811-1868.
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Stevens, Robert W. S. (Robert Wadleigh Smith), 1824-1893.

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United States. Congress. House.

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United States. Congress. House.
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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs.

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Sac and Fox Agency (Kan. and Okla.)

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Sac and Fox Agency (Kan. and Okla.)
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Vanderventer, Peter.

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Vanderventer, Peter.
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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

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Wright, Amzi, 1781-1873.

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Wright, Amzi, 1781-1873.
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Sedalia (Mo.)

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Parsons (Kan.)

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Lawrence (Kan.)

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Lecompton (Kan.)

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Kansas

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Denison (Tex.)

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Stevens, Mrs. Robert.

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Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

Stevens, Mrs. Robert.

Stevens, Mr. (Robert Smith), 1824-1893

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Stevens, Robert Smith, 1824-1893

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Parsons (Kan.)

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