To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
A portrait of William Hutchinson, a journalist and correspondent for the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Democrat and Washington Republic, he covered events in Kansas from 1855 through the early 1860s. He settled in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. Hutchinson served as secretary of the Kansas Central Committee and assisted with efforts to send emigrant parties and relief to Kansas Territory. He was first identified with the abolition or free-soil party, until the Republican party organized. Hutchinson was a member of the Wyandotte Constitution Convention and was an early and persistent advocate of temperance and other reforms.
Creator: Clinedinst
Date: Between
Item Number: 3906
Call Number: B Hutchinson, William *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3906
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Journalists
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas State Central Committee
Date - 1854-1860
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Wyandotte Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Cabinet cards
People - Notable Kansans - Hutchinson, William
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Louis
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Cabinet cards
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/3906