Lyman Underwood Humphrey correspondence, 1834-1944.

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Lyman Underwood Humphrey correspondence, 1834-1944.

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Papers of Lyman Underwood Humphrey, 1861-1911; 1 item by Lyman Humphrey of Deerfield, Ohio, tanner, attorney, & father of Lyman U. Humphrey, 1834; Humphrey & Humphrey and Humphrey Investments, the firm Lyman U. established in Independence with his son Lyman L. Humphrey, 1912-1934; and Lyman L. Humphrey, Independence businessman, 1930-1944. Lyman U. Humphrey's correspondence consists of Civil War letters to his mother, Elizabeth A. Everhart Humphrey, and a few letters of his brother, John. Lyman U. Humphrey's letters react to news from home, admonish his mother to not worry, express frustration with mail service, and inquire about John. After Lyman U. Humphrey moved to Independence, Kan., in 1871, his correspondence becomes business and politically oriented. During his tenure as governor, 1889-1893, his correspondence mirrors the letters in his official gubernatorial records (state archives, Library and Archives Division, Kansas State Historical Society); correspondents include President Benjamin Harrison, almost all major Kansas Republican political figures, Susan B. Anthony, Charles Curtis, W.E. Stanley, and governors of other states & territories. Personal correspondence deals with business & civic matters, land, loans & financial affairs, effects of the political gains of the Farmers Alliance, and requests for recommendations. Humphrey & Humphrey and Humphrey Investment Co. letters relate to loans and land transactions, primarily in southern Kansas and Oklahoma. Beginning in 1938, the focus of the letters changes from the family business to preserving Lyman U. Humphrey's legacy.

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