Volume three of Samuel Reader's diary documents his life in La Harpe, Illinois, his travels to Kansas Territory, and his life in Kansas Territory. Reader describes daily activities as well as events related to the territorial struggle. He settled in Shawnee County north of Topeka and participated in a militia group at the battles of Indianola and Hickory Point. Reader was an amateur artist and some of the diary pages contain his sketches and water color paintings. This volume has been scanned and presented in its entirety. All pages and sections are included.
Date: Between May 23, 1855 and December 31, 1857
Creator: Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Item Number: 90315
Call Number: Samuel Reader Coll. #483 Overzise
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90315
Collections - Manuscript - Reader, Samuel James
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Home and Family - Daily life
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diary
People - Notable Kansans - Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Places - Cities and towns - Indianola
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Art objects - Original art - Paintings
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diaries
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