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In this typed message to James R. Bickerdyke, George W. Martin of the Kansas State Historical Society informs Bickerdyke that Mrs. Julia A. Chase has "concluded to eliminate the portion of her paper about which there is controversy." The correspondence between Hiram Bickerdyke, James R. Bickerdyke, Julia A. Chase, and George W. Martin regarding the Native Indian raids on the Salina, Kansas, area in 1868 dealt with Julia Chase's article "The Straight of It," particularly part of the article which questioned Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke's account of the events. After all, as George W. Martin explains regarding Chase's article, "your mother's reputation as an army nurse is beyond question, and it should not be effected by a controversy of this character."
Creator: Martin, George W. (George Washington), 1841-1914
Date: February 19, 1902
Item Number: 219289
Call Number: Mary Ann Bickerdyke Coll. #276, Box 1 Correspondence, 1898-1908 and undated
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219289
Collections - Manuscript - Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
Date - 1900s - 1902
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians
People - Notable Kansans - Bickerdyke, James
People - Notable Kansans - Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817-1901
People - Notable Kansans - Chase, Julia A.
People - Notable Kansans - Martin, George Washington
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Bunker Hill
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Russell
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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