Noble Lovely Prentis papers, 1835 - 1887

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Noble Lovely Prentis papers, 1835 - 1887

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741355270

The collection consists of handwritten and typed copies of addresses, articles, and speeches given by Prentis on a variety of topics, ranging from the development of surnames to George Washington, Louis XIV, or other famous historical figures and subjects such as Mohammad or Chartism; some letters; biographical sketches; sketches; materials written by Caroline Campbell Prentis; and other similar materials.

1 cubic foot (2 boxes).

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8113181

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Prentis, Noble L. (Noble Lovely), 1839-1900

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Noble Lovely Prentis was born April 8, 1839, in a log cabin three miles from Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois. His father and mother died at Warsaw, Illinois in the cholera epidemic of 1849, leaving him an orphan at the age of 10. He enlisted with the 16th Illinois militia during the Civil War and thereafter published and edited newspapers in Missouri and Illinois before moving to Kansas in 1869. In Kansas, he worked on such newspapers as the Topeka Record, Topeka Commonwealth, Atchison Ch...