Nate Salsbury essays, [ca. 1890-1965].

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Nate Salsbury essays, [ca. 1890-1965].

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Typed carbon copy manuscripts of four undated, short autobiographical essays with minor manuscript annotations in an unidentified hand describing Salsbury's youth on his stepfather's farm; his military service in the Civil War and his early theatrical work; "An Evening with Boucicault," when he met General Sherman; and the humorous results of a parade advertising Salsbury's Troubadours in Brenham, Texas. Accompanied by typed carbon copies of an interview with Harry Tarleton of Taos, New Mexico, by Nate Salsbury's daughter Rebecca Salsbury James regarding Salsbury's Black America show, with manuscript annotations; of a biographical sketch of Salsbury written by Rev. David James Burrell, and published in The Christian Intelligencer in May 1903; and of a letter dated May 11, 1947, to a Mr. Holbrook from the brother of Milton Salsbury regarding Sitting Bull.

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company

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Salsbury's Troubadours.

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Burrell, David James, 1844-1926

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James, Rebecca Salsbury, 1891-1968

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Rebecca Salsbury James was a painter and colcha embroiderer who lived in Taos, New Mexico. From the description of Rebecca James papers, 1941-1952. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37896391 Rebecca Salsbury James (1891-1967) married Paul Strand in 1922. Several years later they moved to Taos, where she began to paint flowers and Indian subjects and to paint on glass. Divorced from Strand, she married William H. James in 1949. She died in Taos in 1967. ...

Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890

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Dionysius Lardner Boucicault was born in Dublin on 26th December 1820. His Irish mother Anna, nee Darley, was married to Samuel Boursiquot, but it is likely that Dion was the son of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, who was closer in age to Anna than her husband. In 1828, Anna and her children followed Lardner to London when he became Professor of Philosophy and Astronomy at the new University College. Dion attended several schools in London, but it was a production of Pizarro in 183...

Tarleton, Harry.

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Salsbury, Nathan, 1846-1902

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Born Freeport, Illinois 1846. Served in 89th and 59th Illinois regiments in the Army of the Cumberland during Civil War. After discharge became an actor. Wrote several plays. In 1884 joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. From the description of Papers, 1865-1905. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 20348103 Nathan "Nate" Salsbury (1846-1902) was producer and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, a highly successful show business enterprise that toured the United...