Primary Sources from the Life of D.R. Anthony

In this new section, visitors can read some of the primary sources that I use to craft posts. Some of these are available elsewhere, or have been sourced from third part websites (see credit lines to learn where) while others are images I took of documents while conducting research in the archives of the Kansas Historical Society, or the Leavenworth County Historical Society. This will be sort of a perpetual work in progress.

Early Life: 1824-1854

 

Kansas Territory Days: 1854-1861

 

 

Letter to Susan describing political atmosphere in early 1859 (PDF)

 

 

Civil War: 1861-1865

February 22 letter to his Mother desribing differences between the unit’s life in Missouri and its winter quarters in Kansas (PDF)

February 3 letter to Susan describing goal to free slaves (PDF)

 

Anthony and Ewing coorospondance re martial law (PDF)

 

Post-War/Reconstruction: 1865-1871

 

 

 

 

 

Newspaper Empire Building: 1871 – 1888

Times’ Office Rules and Regulations (PDF)

 

 

An Aging Legend: 1888-1904