James Stanley Emery papers, 1855 - 1899.

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James Stanley Emery papers, 1855 - 1899.

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The collection consists of addresses written and given by Emery on a variety of topics to a number of audiences, particularly at the Kansas state universities and clubs, on religion and history, and other similar topics; incoming correspondence, notices, letters of introduction and authorization, and other materials, 1855-1899; day books and account books; business memoranda book including records of shareholders in Delaware Town Company of Lawrence, 1886-1895; financial journal kept by Emery, including accounts with the Baptist Church of Lawrence from 1865-1870; deeds and mortgages; other legal instruments, including abstracts of titles, agreements, receipts, etc.; commissions, licenses, appointments, and other such certificates; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on topics of interest to Emery personally and professionally; a record book of the town company of Skiddy, Morris County; and other miscellaneous materials. Some of the materials are from the territorial era and involve the New England Emigrant Aid Company or the troubles particularly affecting Lawrence during this period; some of the materials concern Native Americans in Kansas and the foundation of the Haskell Institute in Lawrence.

1.75 cubic feet (4 boxes).

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8078166

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Haskell Indian Nations University

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New England Emigrant Aid Company

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Company organized in 1854 as the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company to promote the settlement of Kansas by antislavery advocates as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by the U.S. Congress in 1854; name changed in 1855. Of Boston, Mass. From the description of New England Emigrant Aid Company papers. [microform] / editor, Joseph W. Snell. Assistant editor: Eunice L. Schenck. Microfilm technician: George T. Hawley, 1854-1909. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat ...

Emery, James S., 1826-1899

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James Stanley Emery was born in Franklin County, Maine in 1826. Educated at Waterville College, he was admitted to the bar in New York in 1854. He was involved with the New England Emigrant Aid Company, coming to Kansas with the second party of immigrants, and generally in free state activities in Kansas to ensure that it became an anti-slavery state when it entered the Union. Through the following years, he worked in numerous states for the cause. Emery was a member of the Leavenworth constitut...