Daniel Mulford Valentine, 1830-1907, moved to Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, from Fontanelle, Iowa, in 1859. Valentine was 28 years old at the time, and was a lawyer and surveyor. Many of the diary entries record the weather and short phrases such as "loafing" or "reading." Other entries record information about the elections in Kansas and local politics, and include his assessments of many of the territory's leaders. Valentine records information about Abraham Lincoln's 1859 visit to Leavenworth. Lincoln made two speeches in Kansas, and Valentine attended and wrote about both. Valentine served as an associate justice on the Kansas Supreme Court from 1868 to 1893.
Date: 1859
Creator: Valentine, Daniel Mulford, 1830-1907
Item Number: 208140
Call Number: Miscellaneous--Valentine, Daniel Mulford
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208140
Collections - Manuscript - Miscellaneous
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diary
People - Notable Kansans - Valentine, Daniel Mulford, 1830-1907
People - Notable People - Lincoln, Abraham
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Iowa
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diaries
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