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"Autobiography of an old Jayhawker" gives an early account of Samuel James Reader's childhood and family (1849-1856) written when Reader was in his sixties. This autobiography is of particular interest because the first volume of Reader's diary, which covered a similar time period, was destroyed by a fire. It also includes a number of illustrations drawn by Reader. It describes his life in Virginia and Illinois, before he came to Kansas. In the early pages, Reader writes about a cousin Sydney Rigdon who was a Mormon and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Creator: Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Date: 1901-1908
Item Number: 226129
Call Number: Samuel Reader Coll. #483, Box 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226129
Collections - Manuscript - Reader, Samuel James
Collections - Manuscript - Reader, Samuel James - Autobiographies
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Mormon
Date - 1840s - 1849
Date - 1850s - 1850
Date - 1850s - 1851
Date - 1850s - 1852
Date - 1850s - 1853
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Reminiscence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Drawing
People - Notable Kansans - Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Illinois
Places - Other States - Virginia
Type of Material - Art objects - Original art - Drawings
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Reminiscences and Memoirs
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