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1895
Cordley, Richard (1829-1904)
A history of Lawrence, Kansas, from the first settlement to the close of the rebellion
Published by E. F. Caldwell, Lawrence Journal Press.
GLC00267.160
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Valiant men "Dat Fite Mit Siegel"
Depicts a house being plundered and burned while a woman kneels, begging Federal officers to spare her children from the flames. The officers appear haughty and indifferent to her pleas. The threat of sexual violation is implicit as an officer with a...
GLC00493.14
1879/05/19
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
The Exodus [oppression of blacks in the South and their leaving for the North]
Apparently a sentiment or quotation written on blue lined paper, removed from a notebook or autograph album. This may be unrhymed verse. "If they were generally and systematically whipt starved and shot to death and if there were no rational ground...
GLC07563
circa 1878
Norton, Joshua Abraham (1819-1880)
[Two items relating to Joshua Abraham Norton, self-proclaimed emperor of the United States] [Decimalized]
Joshua Norton was an Englishman who came to America during the California Gold Rush of 1849 and proclaimed himself emperor of the United States. Mark Twain is said to have modeled the character of Huck Finn on Norton.
GLC02729
Bradley & Rulofson.
[Cabinet photograph of Joshua Abraham Norton]
Signed "Emperor Norton." Three-quarter profile photograph of a seated Norton. He is wearing an officer's uniform.
GLC02729.01
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