Facet Browse
<< previous| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9| next >>
Title | Creator | Date Made Visible | None
Processing your request...
Nellie Cline
Nellie Cline, a native of Larned, Pawnee County, served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1921 to 1924. She is also credited with being the first female lawyer to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court.
previewThomas Ewing, Jr.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823 (ca.)-1896
The black and white photograph shows Thomas Ewing, Jr., 1829-1896, in a military uniform. A native of Ohio he migrated to the Kansas Territory in 1856 to practice law in Leavenworth, Kansas. As a supporter of the free state party, Ewing became a delegate in 1858 to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention. In 1861, he was appointed as the state of Kansas' first chief justice of the supreme court. With the outbreak of the Civil War Ewing enlisted in the Union army and became a colonel of the Eleventh Kansas infantry regiment. He rose through the ranks to brigadier general and to breveted major general before mustering out of service in 1865. After the war Ewing became active in the Greenback wing of the Democrat party and served in the United States house of representatives from the state of Ohio. On January 21, 1896 Ewing passed away at the age of sixty-seven from injuries received in a street car accident in New York City.
previewSamuel Dexter Lecompte
Portrait of Samuel Dexter Lecompte, 1814-1888, who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Kansas Territory from 1854-1859. This particular photograph was copied from the 1868 Kansas Legislative panel.
previewSherman [W. T.] & Ewing [Thomas] to Thomas A. Thompson
Sherman & Ewing
One of the partners addressed this letter regarding the use of military land warrants in the territory to Thomas A. Thompson at Summit Point, Jefferson Co., Virginia. "Sherman & Ewing informed Thompson that such warrants could not be used to acquire land until after the public sale in July 1859, but some advice was offered for the interim.
previewThomas Ewing, Jr. to William S. Reyburn
In his capacity as attorney for H. B. Denman, who had just "bought of [John A.] Halderman the interest of the latter in the ferry, Ewing wrote to Reyburn, of Philadelphia, to encourage "an amicable settlement" to avoid taking their disagreement to court. The nature of their dispute was not entirely clear, but Ewing insisted that if not settled it could undermine the legitimacy of the ferry company's charter in the eyes of the soon to be constituted State government.
previewSherman & Ewing to Hart & Gordon
Sherman & Ewing
Typical of much of the legal correspondence present in the Thomas Ewing Jr. Collection (#341) at the Kansas Historical Society, this letter was written by the Leavenworth firm of William Tecumseh Sherman and Thomas Ewing to clients in Piqua, Ohio, regarding their efforts to collect an overdue debt. In this case, it was from a young man named F. N. Hamlin, who was a partner in a shoe store in Leavenworth, Kansas Territory.
previewSherman, Ewing and McCook Attornies at Law to Mess Walker
Sherman, Ewing & McCook
A letter to Mess Walker, Williams & Miller, of Weston Missouri, regarding the payment of a debt that should be paid promptly to the firm of Sherman, Ewing & McCook, Attorneys at Law.
previewW.T. Sherman to Robert Campbell
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
A letter to Robert Campbell regarding the debt that Sherman, Ewing & McCook were trying to collect. As with similar correspondence, this letter conveys a sense of the legal and financial transactions that played a major part in the firm's business activities in the territory.
previewW.T. Sherman, Thomas Ewing, & McCook, to George B. Parker
Sherman, Ewing & McCook
Although unclear as to the exact nature of the litigation, this letter from the Leavenworth firm pertained to the taking of depositions in "the case against the steamboat Isabella". The Isabella was a side-wheeler which made regular runs to Sioux City during 1858, and in this case apparently came to the aid of the Kate Howard when ice forced her to "give up her trip".
previewThomas Ewing, Jr., to Judge M. F. Moore
Letter press book of Thomas Ewing, Jr. He moved to Kansas Territory in 1856 and established a law practice in Leavenworth. It is from this town, Kansas Territory's largest city, where he also had many investments, that he wrote Judge M. F. Moore, Sioux City, Iowa, regarding Moore's investments and other opportunities in Leavenworth.
previewPlaces -- Counties
- Allen
- Anderson
- Atchison
- Bourbon
- Brown
- Butler
- Chase
- Chautauqua
- Cherokee
- Clark
- Cloud
- Coffey
- Cowley
- Crawford
- Dickinson
- Doniphan
- Douglas
- Edwards
- Finney
- Ford
- Franklin
- Geary
- Graham
- Gray
- Greeley
- Harper
- Harvey
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Jewell
- Johnson
- Kingman
- Kiowa
- Labette
- Lane
- Leavenworth
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Lyon
- Marion
- Marshall
- McPherson
- Miami
- Montgomery
- Morris
- Nemaha
- Neosho
- Norton
- Osage
- Osborne
- Ottawa
- Pawnee
- Phillips
- Pottawatomie
- Pratt
- Reno
- Rice
- Riley
- Rooks
- Russell
- Saline
- Sedgwick
- Shawnee
- Sheridan
- Sherman
- Smith
- Stevens
- Sumner
- Wabaunsee
- Wallace
- Washington
- Wichita
- Wilson
- Woodson
- Wyandotte
Business and Industry -- Occupations/Professions
- Actors
- Artists
- Athletes
- Authors
- Bankers
- Barbers and beauticians
- Blacksmiths
- Butcher
- Carpenters
- Construction
- Contractors
- Craftsman
- Dentists
- Dressmakers
- Entrepreneur
- Fur traders
- Grocers
- Historians
- Insurance
- Journalists
- Judges
- Laborers, general
- Law enforcement officers
- Military
- Pharmacists
- Photographers
- Physicians
- Plumbers
- Police officers
- Politicians
- Public service
- Publishers
- Ranchers
- Realtors
- Religion
- Sales
- Secretaries
- Surveyors
- Teachers
- Writers
Agriculture
Built Environment
Business and Industry
Collections
Community Life
Curriculum
Date
Education
Environment
Government and Politics
Home and Family
Military
Objects and Artifacts
People
Places
Thematic Time Period
- Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
- Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
- Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
- Civil War, 1861 - 1865
- Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
- Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
- Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
- Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
- The Recent Past, 1975 - present
- The Sixties and Vietnam, 1961 - 1975
- The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
- Trails, 1821 - 1880
- World War II, 1939 - 1945