Portrait of Edward Russell, a newspaperman and politician. He came to Kansas Territory in 1856, and located in Elwood, in Doniphan County. Shortly after moving to Kansas, Russell started a newspaper that espoused the free-state side. In August, 1858, he lobbied Doniphan county citizens against the Lecompton Constitution. In that same year, Russell, D. W. Wilder and others founded a free-state paper. Russell later served in the Kansas legislature, and held several state offices.
Date: Around 1865
Item Number: 3995
Call Number: B Russell Edward *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3995
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Journalists
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1861-1869 - 1865
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Cabinet cards
People - Notable Kansans - Wilder, Daniel Webster, 1832-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Elwood
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861-1865
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Cabinet cards
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