George Washington Martin account books, 1851-1886.

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George Washington Martin account books, 1851-1886.

Account books of a cattle dealer include bank accounts, cattle purchases and sales, and meat sales.

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Cornell University Library

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Martin, George W. (George Washington), 1841-1914

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George Washington Martin was born in Pennsylvania to David and Mary Howell Martin on 30 June 1841. In 1855 his father went to Kansas, taking a claim near Lecompton, Douglas County, and two years later brought his family back with him. In the meantime, George had started working in the printing trade. He continued in this line in Kansas and finished his apprenticeship back east in Philadelphia. Returning to Kansas in the early 1860s, he started publishing the Republican newspaper the Union in Jun...