A portrait of Samuel Forster Tappan, who was born in Massachusetts and came to Kansas when he was in his twenties. He listed his occupation as a journalist but was best known as secretary at the Leavenworth and Wyandotte Constitutional conventions. He was a free state supporter and settled in Lawrence. This image was taken a number of years after the territorial era.
Item Number: 2368
Call Number: B Tappan Samuel F. *1
KSHS Identifier: TKO Doc. ID 101420
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Journalists
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Wyandotte Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Tappan, Samuel Forster
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Type of Material - Photographs
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