Diary, January 24-September 24, 1886.

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Diary, January 24-September 24, 1886.

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Diary recounts the weather, social events, agricultural labor, a trial on petty charges, his opinion of the Knights of Labor, and attending a normal school teacher's institute. Walker mentions each day that he teaches, but rarely gives specifics.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Knights of Labor

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Labor organization. From the description of Minutes, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536651 From the guide to the Knights of Labor minutes, 1886, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Organized in Philadelphia in 1869 as a general labor organization to protect and promote American laborers. One of ther goals was to prohibit the importation of foreign labor under contract. In 1880's, California's local Assemblies worked to ban use of Chinese immigrants and to pr...

Walker, Mr., fl. 1886.

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Mr. Walker, possibly originally from Bloomington, Illinois, was teaching school in Baxter Springs, Kansas during the winter and working there as a farm hand during the summer. From the description of Diary, January 24-September 24, 1886. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 506020150 ...