Papers, 1859-1939 (bulk 1895-1911).

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Papers, 1859-1939 (bulk 1895-1911).

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The collection ranges from personal correspondence to literary, legal, military, & U.S. commissioner of pensions communications and also includes clippings, letterpress & address books and personal diaries. Correspondence (1867-1911), diaries (1884-1908), military papers (1859-1888), memo & address books (1894-1909), court cases, certificates, and invitations relate to Eugene F. Ware's military career in Colorado, Dakota Territory, Iowa, Kansas, & Nebraska with the 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment and 4th & 7th Iowa Cavalry Regiments; his law practice in Fort Scott & other Kansas cities; his term as Kansas State senator (1879-83); and as pension commissioner (1902-5). Includes material on the Spanish American War and Topeka, Kan., floods (1903). Other topics include Fort Scott, autobiographical notes, poems & commentaries about poems, Kansas' quarter- and half-century of statehood celebrations, his nom de plume Ironquill, and controversy over his poem Dewey. Also included are clippings and other miscellaneous documents. The majority of personal correspondence is from 1904. During his last year as U.S. commissioner of pensions, Ware frequently wrote his wife, Jeannette, and his son, Gene, & daughter, Abby. Other correspondence includes letters written and received by his mother, Amanda, and his father, Hiram. Other correspondents include F.G. Adams, Arthur Capper, William Elsey Connelley, Charles S. Gleed, James W. Gleed, George Washington Glick, William Agnew Johnston, Chester I. Long, Preston B. Plumb, and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Glick, George Washington, 1827-1911

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George Washington Glick (G. W. Glick) was born July 4, 1827, near Greencastle (Fairfield County), Ohio. He died April 13, 1911, at Atchison, Kan. From the description of Kansas Governor 1883-1885 (Glick) governor's correspondence [microform], 1883. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 58597345 Farmer, former governor of Kansas; of Atchison County, Kan. From the description of George Washington Glick autobiographical sketch ; note, 1898 June. (Ka...

Johnston, William Agnew, 1848-1937.

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William Agnew Johnston was born in Patterson Corners, near Oxford Mills, Canada West (Ontario) on July 24, 1848. In 1865, William's uncle, Hugh Agnew took him to Rockford, Illinois. In 1869 William moved to Appleton City, Missouri and studied law under attorney, E. F. Clark. He filed for U. S. citizenship in 1871. In 1880 he was elected Kansas Attorney General and was reelected to that post in 1882. Johnston became a Justice of the Supreme Court when he was elected to fill an unexpired term as A...

Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891

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Preston Plumb was born October 12, 1837 at Berkshire, Delaware County, Ohio. He was the first born of, David and Hannah Marie (Bierce) Plumb. He later added the middle name to improve the appearance of his signature. David was a wagon maker and Preston worked with him in his shop. The family moved to Berlin Township in 1843 and then to Marysville, Union County, Ohio in 1846. Preston attended prep school for three years. Preston attended Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio by working in the printing ...

Ware, Gene A.

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Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930

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Author, historian, secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka); of Independence, Topeka, Kan. From the description of William Elsey Connelley papers, 1878-1931. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 124083141 Manabozho (Gluskap) is a trickster figure integral to most Algonquin tribes in the North / Northeastern Woodlands. "The Great Hare", or "the Great White One" easily transforms, is a creator and provider of food, and represents life forces....

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Long, Chester I. (Chester Isaiah), 1860-1934

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Attorney; Republican member of the Kansas Senate, U.S. House and Senate. Of Medicine Lodge, Wichita, Kan.; Washington, D.C. From the description of Chester I. Long papers, 1890-1928. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 231851155 Chester Isiah Long, a Representative and Senator from Kansas, was born near Millerstown, Pennsylvania October 12, 1860. He moved with his parents to Missouri and then Paola, Kansas. He graduated from the normal school ...

Ware, Amanda (Amanda Melvina Holbrook)

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Ware, Eugene Fitch 1841-1911

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Ware, an attorney by profession, often wrote poetry under the pseudonym, "Ironquill". He was a veteran of the Civil War, serving in the Iowa infantry units. He was admitted to the bar in Fort Scott, Kansas in 1871, and practiced law in Fort Scott, Topeka, and Kansas City until his death in 1911. From 1879 to 1894 he was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate. Later he served as U.S. Pensions Commissioner (1902-1905). Ware wrote a number of books including The Rise and Fall of the Saloon (1900)...

Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951

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Publishing, radio executive; Kansas governor; U.S. senator from Kansas. Of Garnett, Topeka, Kan. From the description of Arthur Capper papers, 1853-1956 (bulk 1918-1948). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85600345 ...

Ware, Hiram,

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United States. Pension Bureau

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Bureau responsible for sending out war pensions. From the description of Pension and certificate, 1903 Oct. 26. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 24273584 Brady was born in Batavia, N.Y., 14 Feb. 1847. He enlisted 25 July 1862, at Batavia, to serve three years. Mustered in as a drummer, Co. F., 28th Regiment, N.Y.S. Volunteers. Transferred to Co. D, 10th Maine Volunteers, 3 June 1863. The 10th Maine Volunteers consolidated with the 29th Maine in Dec. 1863...

Kansas. Legislature. Senate

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Ware, Abby Huntington

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Gleed, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1856-1920

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Businessman, lawyer, newspaper man; of Topeka, Kan. From the description of Charles Sumner Gleed papers, 1872-1928 (bulk 1880-1920). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 49695270 ...

Gleed, James W. (James Willis), 1859-

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Ware, Hiram (Hiram B.)

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Ware, Jeanette Huntington (Jeanette P. Huntington),

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Adams, F. G. (Franklin George), 1824-1899

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White, William Allen, 1868-1944

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American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette." From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106 Journalist. From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557 Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author. From the description of William Allen White letter...