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These two sections of the autobiography are titled "Border War, Kansas Territory, 1856," and "Hickory Point." Sketches and watercolors by Reader accompany portions of the text. The Border War section describes events in which Reader participated as part of a free state militia. This section provides detail about Reader's militia activities, as well as his contact with John Brown and Aaron Stevens (Captain Whipple). The second section describes the Battle of Hickory Point, which occurred on September 13, 1856. The accounts in the autobiography are based on Reader's diaries.
Creator: Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Date: 1896
Item Number: 90540
Call Number: Samuel Reader Coll. #483 Box 4 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90540
Collections - Manuscript - Reader, Samuel James
Date - 1890s - 1896
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Indianola
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Reminiscences and Memoirs
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