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Volume eight of Samuel James Reader's diary during which time the community of Silver Lake, near Topeka, Kansas, was suffering from an outbreak of smallpox. About a dozen people died in Silver Lake from the disease but none of Reader's relatives were afflicted. However, his family did suffer a death on August 6, 1873 when their infant son died. In addition to English, much of the diary is written in shorthand.
Creator: Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Date: August 16, 1872-October 01, 1874
Item Number: 226236
Call Number: Samuel Reader Coll. #483, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 226236
Collections - Manuscript - Reader, Samuel James
Collections - Manuscript - Reader, Samuel James - Diaries
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Smallpox
Date - 1870s - 1872
Date - 1870s - 1873
Date - 1870s - 1874
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Daybook
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diary
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Journal
People - Notable Kansans - Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Places - Cities and towns - Silver Lake
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Day book
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diaries
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Journal
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