Eugene Fitch Ware Papers
Collection 86
Introduction
Eugene Fitch Ware was a soldier, journalist, politician, historian, lawyer, poet, and served as Commissioner of Pensions under the Theodore Roosevelt administration. Describing him, Roosevelt said he refused “to be swayed by any motive save the public good,” and he will remain, under the non de plume Ironquill, one of Kansas’ well-known poets. His many abilities are mirrored in the Eugene F. Ware Papers, a collection consisting of 29 boxes. The papers were donated in two sets, the Abby Ware Nies Collection presented by Mr. Frederick T. Nies, a grandson, and the second a gift from Mrs. Wm. V. Pierce. Both sets were received at the Kansas Historical Society March 31, 1964. Integrated into the collection (box 1) is a folder of Ware documents previously given to the society by other sources and transferred from miscellaneous manuscripts. The collection ranges from personal correspondence to literary, legal, military and Commissioner of Pension communications and also includes clippings, letterpress and address books and personal diaries. No restrictions are placed on the use of these papers.
Biography
In Hartford, Connecticut, on May 29, 1841, Eugene Fitch Ware was born to Hiram and Amanda (Holbrook) Ware. The family soon moved in 1844 to Burlington, Iowa, where Eugene was educated in public schools and apprenticed in his father’s harness making trade.
With the cannons on Ft. Sumter still echoing through the nation, Eugene enlisted in April 1861 with the First Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Subsequently he re-enlisted in the Fourth and later the Seventh Iowa Volunteer Cavalry where he served until the end of the Civil War. Commissioned as an aide-de-camp to four generals including Grenville M. Dodge, one of Sherman’s commanders, Ware was badly wounded while on duty. The remainder of his 5 years in the military was spent in Sioux country fighting in the Indian Wars.
Returning to civilian life in 1866, Ware was employed on the writing staff of The Burlington (Iowa) Hawk Eye but reasons of health soon forced him to move to Kansas. In 1867 Ware arrived in Ft. Scott and was quickly employed on The Monitor where he later became editor. In 1871, however, Ware was admitted to the Kansas bar and left journalism to practice law. While at Ft. Scott, he married Jeanette Huntington on October 22, 1874. They had three girls: Abby, Nettie, and Millie; and one boy, Gene.
Law practice often paves the way to politics and in this Ware was no exception. In 1879 Ware began the first of three terms (1879, 1881 and 1883) in the Kansas State Senate. Always active, Ware sat on committees dealing with military affairs, corporations and manufacturers, and a host of other assemblies. During his terms of office, Ware introduced bills concerning railroads, life insurance, militia, and relief and support of the poor as well as bills of a more local nature.
Ware moved to Topeka in 1893 to become a partner with Charles Gleed and his brother, James, forming the law firm of Gleed, Ware and Gleed.
Of special note is Ware’s literary development from the 1871 publication of “Neutralia,” his first poem to win more than local acclaim, to his final work, The Indian War of 1864. Other works published in his lifetime were The Rymes of Ironquill, a book of verses that had 14 editions since the original in 1885, From Court to Court, a legal handbook published in 1901, and Sthuriel marketed in 1909.
In his last years Ware moved to Kansas City where he established yet another law firm with his son and son-in-law Ralph Nelson. Here he worked until his retirement at 70 to his farm in Cherokee county. While on vacation in Cascade, Colorado, Ware suffered a heart attack and died the morning of July 1, 1911. He was buried July 5 at Fort Scott National Cemetery.
Scope and Content
The papers of the Eugene F. Ware Collection span the years 1895 – 1939 although the bulk of material dates from 1895 to 1911. Contained within the 29 boxes and 1 tube is mostly correspondence of a personal or professional nature while letterpress and address books, clippings, diaries, court cases and miscellaneous documents comprise the remainder of the collection.
Letters of a personal nature are found sporadically throughout the collection but the majority are in the Pierce contribution (the first 3 boxes) and were written in 1904. During his last year as Commissioner of Pensions, Ware frequently wrote his wife Jeanette and also his son Gene and daughter Abby. Other correspondence includes letters written and received by his mother Amanda and father Hiram.
The military papers for 1859 – 1888 describe not only the time of Ware’s service with Iowa units but include communications after his discharge. This section contains quartermaster accounts and returns, orders, promotions, recommendations, muster rolls, military communiqués, office memos, and telegrams. Although there is one letter received from Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, the correspondence is usually of a routine nature concerning Ware’s positions as a quartermaster, engineer, and aide-de-camp. Materials relating to his G. A. R. activities are found throughout the collection.
In the professional papers category are the communications relating to the three law firms in which Ware was a partner. During his legal career, Ware was appointed a deputy to assist the District Attorney was approved to argue cases before the Supreme Court. A large portion of the material in this section relates to these activities. Included are case descriptions and briefs, records, and correspondence, especially in the letterpress books for the years 1883, 1893 – 1894 and 1901 – 1903. Also there are letters from individual clients, business concerns, corporations; documents containing judicial statements and affidavits; and telegrams. Significant cases as Kansas vs. Colorado in a major water dispute and the Insurance Company’s cases take up large portions of these files. Of great interest are the numerous letters from Charles I. Gleed and James Willis Gleed, Ware’s friends and business associates.
The political and governmental papers document Ware’s years as a State Senator and Commissioner of Pensions, his bid for the Republican nomination for Congress, and his two times as a delegate to the National Republican Convention. Correspondence concerns political campaigns, the years as Commissioner of Pensions, and communications with other state departments. Also Ware’s three terms as a State Senator are well covered. Of particular interest are the communications from President Roosevelt. They regard Ware’s appointment and work as a Commissioner and a letter Roosevelt wrote him on his retirement. Prestigious correspondents include Senators Preston B. Plumb and John J. Ingalls and Charles F. Scott.
Information in the final category, literary papers, traces Ware’s rise as a publicly acclaimed author. Although a great many letters are between Ware and his Chicago editor Kellam concerning layout, form, and publication dates, the greatest portion of correspondence is from his admirers and readers. Myriad requests for copies of his work fill the collection along with congratulatory letters, critiques and often poetry from other people.
In the remainder of the collection are clippings, diaries, address books and a tubed document. The newspaper clippings (box 2) are articles written about Ware and cover the major aspects of his life. However, there are a few articles on Mrs. Ware concerning her work on the Kansas Women’s Council. The newspapers represented are from Kansas and Washington. Although the material in the address books (box 27, 13 vols.) is self-evident, the diaries are not so conclusive. Ware used his diaries as an appointment agenda recording arrivals, departures, and meetings, rather than as an intimate journal. Infrequently there is a departure from this pattern as in the births of his children and death of his father. Finally the tube encased document is a testimonial of respect and appreciation presented to John P. Usher, head of the Department of the Interior. Presented on May 13, 1865, there are over 50 signatures on it of which Ware’s is one.
Several collections in the Manuscripts Department contain additional Ware material and can by located by using the card catalog. The researcher may also find information in the Maps and Photograph Section where photographs and portraits are listed.
June, 1979 Martha Drumm
Intern, Benedictine College
Contents List
I. | Papers from other sources | |
Box 1 | 1883 - 1923 | |
II. | Papers given by Mrs. Wm. V. Pierce | |
Box 1 | Correspondence | |
Miscellaneous Papers | ||
Box 2 | Clippings | |
III. | Abby Ware Nies Collection | |
Box 3 | Correspondence | |
Military Papers | ||
Miscellaneous Papers |
Correspondence
Box 4 | 1880 - 1888 |
Box 5 | 1889 - September, 1890 |
Box 6 | October 1890 - 1891 |
Box 7 | 1892 - February, 1893 |
Box 8 | March - December, 1893 |
Box 9 | January - October, 1894 |
Box 10 | November, 1894 - October, 1895 |
Box 11 | November, 1895 - 1896 |
Box 12 | 1897 |
Box 13 | 1898 |
Box 14 | 1899 - 1901 |
Box 15 | January - April, 1902 |
Box 16 | May to October, 1902 |
Box 17 | November, 1902 - April, 1903 |
Box 18 | May - December, 1903 |
Box 19 | 1903 undated - June, 1904 |
Box 20 | July - December, 1904 |
Box 21 | 1905 |
Box 22 | 1906 |
Box 23 | 1907 - May, 1908 |
Box 24 | June, 1908 - September, 1910 |
Box 25 | October, 1910 - 1939 |
Undated A - N | |
Box 26 | Correspondence |
Undated O - W | |
Miscellaneous (undated) | |
Articles | |
Certifications | |
Court Cases | |
Clippings, invitations | |
Miscellaneous | |
Box 27 | Diaries, 1884 - 1908 |
Memo and Address Books, 1894 - 1909 | |
Photo states 1859 - 1939 | |
Undated | |
Box 28 | |
Letterpress books | |
Box 29 | Letterpress books |
Record of Commissioner of Pensions, 1904 | |
Tube |
All Manuscripts or References from the Eugene Fitch Ware Papers
Must be Cited as from the Eugene Fitch Ware Papers (Abby Ware Nies Coll.)
Partial List of Letters in the Eugene Fitch Ware Papers
(The Abby Ware Nies Collection)
Kansas State Historical Society
Adams, Franklin George | |
1877: Oct. 29 | |
1886: July 29: Dec. 4 | |
1897: Dec. 15 | |
1898: Jan. 8, 25 | |
1899: Aug. 26; Sept. 26; Oct. 3, 10 | |
Undated | |
Anthony, Daniel Read | |
1885: Dec. 10 | |
1897: Dec. 10 | |
1903: Dec. 7 | |
Benedict, Samuel S. | |
1882: May 6 | |
Blue, Richard Whiting | |
1902: Apr. 22; July 7 | |
Bonebrake, F. M. | |
1907: Dec. 4 | |
1908: May 20; Nov. 18, 24 | |
1909: Mar. 8, 15, 26; Apr. 13; Sept. 9 | |
1910: Sept. 23 | |
Bonebrake, Parkison I. | |
1884: Oct. 2 | |
1902: May 31; July 5; Aug. 25 | |
1903: May 4: Nov. 9 | |
1904: June 15; Oct. 3 | |
1905: July 7 | |
1907: Dec. 16 | |
1909: Jan. 28; May 6, 11 | |
Brinkerhoff, Fred W. | |
1907: July 31 | |
Bristow, Joseph L. | |
1902: Aug. 6; Oct. 18; Dec. 5, 9 | |
1903: Jan. 17, 23; Feb. 6; Apr. 17; July 28 | |
1904: Feb. 29; Mar. 31; Apr. 13, 14 | |
1905: Jan. 30; Feb. 24; Sept. 18; Dec. 15 | |
1908: Aug. 11 | |
1910: June 10 | |
Burlingame, Ward | |
1877: Nov. 22 | |
1890: Jan. 11, 21 | |
Burton, Joseph Ralph | |
1902: Apr. 11; June 18 | |
Caldwell, Henry C. | |
1902: Mar. 31; Apr. 12 | |
1903: Apr. 16 (3 letters); May 27 | |
Caldwell, John C. | |
1902: July 9 | |
1903: Apr. 29 | |
Campbell, W. C. | |
1890: Dec. 23 | |
Canfield, James H. | |
1883: Oct. 12; Nov. 1 | |
1884: Jan. 14, 30; Feb. 4; Apr. 10 | |
1890: Apr. 7, 21; May 7, 20 | |
1896: Dec. 29 | |
1898: Undated | |
1902: Feb. 22 | |
1904: Feb. 18; Sept. 24; undated (2 letters) | |
1905: Oct. 17, 20 | |
1906: Jan. 2, 11, 23 | |
1907: Jan. 8, 24, 30; Feb. 19 | |
1909: Jan. 1; Dec. 24 | |
Capper, Arthur | |
1890: July 25 | |
1897: May 20; Dec. 20 | |
1899: June 12; Oct. 29 | |
1902: July 9 | |
1903: May 14; Nov. 3 | |
1904: Oct. 4; Dec. 2 | |
1908: Oct. 10; Nov. 28; Dec. 8 | |
1909: Jan. 9 | |
1911: Apr. 11 | |
Carney, Thomas | |
1883: Feb. 1, 11 | |
1884: Jan. 6, 7; Feb. 1 | |
Carruth, William Herbert | |
1887: Aug. 2 | |
1902: Jan. 16; Apr. 11 | |
Chase, Harold T. | |
1896: Jan. 27 | |
1897: Jan. 22; July 17; Nov. 15 | |
1899: May 15 | |
1904: Dec. 27 | |
1905: Oct. 3 | |
1909: Dec. 16 | |
Civil War Papers | |
1861 - 1865 | |
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne | |
1906: Dec. 6 | |
Coleman, C. C. | |
1903: Mar. 14 | |
Connelley, William F. | |
1902: June 10; July 24; Oct. 23 (2 letters); Nov. 23; Dec. 25 | |
1903: Jan. 5, 25; Feb. 14; Mar. 7, 10, 21; Apr. 22, 27; | |
May 7, 14, 19, 26; June 1, 15 (2 letters), 28, 30; | |
July 1, 4, 11, 19, 21, 27; Sept. 4, 22; Oct. 8; Nov. 12; | |
Dec, 4, 28, 30 | |
1904: Mar.15; May 21; June 11, 19; Sept. 13; Oct. 13, 15; | |
Nov. 24; Dec. 31 | |
1905: Feb. 23; Mar. 11, 30; May 11, 22; June 10, 13, 30; | |
Sept. 10; Oct. 24 | |
1906: Dec. 3 | |
1907: Aug. 4 | |
1908: Jan. 31; Mar. 12; Apr. 18, 27; May 5; June 13, 20; July 2; | |
Aug. 30: Sept. 6, 13, 22, 25; Oct. 12, 23, 26, 31; Nov. 8, 14, 20 | |
1909: Jan. 30; Feb. 4, 5; Mar. 17; Apr. 12; May 26, 28; June 12; July 13 | |
1915: Sept. 7 | |
Crawford, Samuel J. | |
1907: Oct. 4 | |
1910: Dec. 30 | |
Curtis, Charles | |
1902: Apr. 14, 20; May 10 | |
1903: Nov. 4, 16 | |
1904: Feb. 12; Nov. 17; Dec. 10 | |
1905: Feb. 16 | |
1906: Oct. 13; Nov. 19 | |
1907: Feb. 4 | |
DePew, Chauncey M. | |
1902: Nov. 20 | |
Diaries, Memo and Address Books | |
1884 - 1909 | |
Dickey, John M. | |
1902: Nov. 24 | |
Dodge, | Grenville M. |
1866: Jan. 18 (2 letters); Apr. 19 | |
1902: May 26; June 13 | |
1904: Nov. 22 | |
1906: Sept. 18 | |
1910: Dec. 21 | |
1911: Feb. 2, 10; Apr. 28 | |
Doran, Thomas F. | |
1897: Aug. 25 | |
Doster, Frank | |
1897: Mar. 9 | |
Douglas, Selwyn | |
1890: Apr. 27; June 27; July 4 | |
Edison, Thomas A. | |
1910: Dec. 22 | |
Eggers, | Luther F. |
1889: Nov. 17, 21 | |
Flood of 1903: | |
1903: June 11 (4 letters); June 12 (3 letters); June 13 (3 letters); | |
June 15 (4 letters); June 16 (2 letters); June 18, 20, 26, 28, 29; | |
7-Jul | |
Fort Scott: | |
1876: July 12 | |
Foster, Eli G. | |
1902: June 20 | |
Funston, Edward Hogue | |
1884: Aug. 19; Sept. 19 | |
1885: Jan. 8; Feb. 12 | |
1886: Feb. 9; Apr. 5; July 31 | |
1890: Jan. 15; May 5, 17 | |
1892: June 8 | |
1882: May 22 | |
Funston, Fred | |
1899: June 27 | |
Garfield, James Rudolph | |
1902: July 10 | |
1903: Jan. 6 | |
Garland, Amelia | |
1895: Jan. 12; Dec. 12 | |
1899: May 19 | |
1902: Feb. 25; Nov. 16 | |
1903: Mar. 12 | |
1905: Nov. 11 | |
1907: May 5 | |
Garland, Flo | |
1902: Aug. 18; Oct. 22 | |
Garland, Hamlin | |
1886: Nov. 2 | |
1887: Oct. 1 | |
1888: May 31; Oct. 22; Dec. 10, 23 | |
1890: May 17 | |
1893: Nov. 24 | |
1894: Oct. 6 | |
1895: May 13, 21 | |
1896: Mar. 2 | |
1904: Feb. 8 | |
Gillpatrick, James H. | |
1890: Mar. 28 | |
Gleed, Charles S. | |
1883: Feb. 27 | |
1886: Feb. 8; June 29; Oct. 7 | |
1889: Oct. 7 | |
1890: Dec. 10 | |
1891: June 29 (2 letters); July 4, 29; Aug. 15, 21; | |
Sept. 1, 28; Oct. 10, 23; Nov. 3 | |
1892: Mar. 26; Nov. 19 | |
1893: Apr. 3, 17; May 14, 27; June 19 (3 letters); July 20 (2 letters) | |
Aug. 15, 18, 20, 23, 29, 30; Dec. 15 | |
1894: Jan. 13, 17; Mar. 19; June 3; July 18, 23, 26, 30; Aug. 11, 16; | |
Sept. 14, 26, 29, 15, 17; Oct. 6, 11, 13; undated. | |
1895: Jan. 8; Feb. 21, 25; Mar. 4, 25, 29; Apr. 6 (2 letters), 20, 22 | |
(2 letters) June 11, 23; July 10, 13, 26; Aug. 4, 5, 12, 17, 26, 31 | |
(2 letters) Sept. 13; Dec. 16; undated. | |
1896: Feb. 5, 8, 29 (3 letters); Mar. 12; Apr. 25, 30; May 2, 4, 11, 16, 19 | |
(2 letters), 23; June 5, 23, 29; Oct. 12 | |
1897: Mar. 4, 5 (2 letters); Aug. 13, 19, 30; Oct. 4, 7; Nov. 1 | |
1898: Jan. 6, 7; Feb. 14, 28; Apr. 4 (3 letters), Apr. 6, 8, 20; | |
Sept. 2, 26, 28; Oct. 12; Nov. 22 | |
1899: Jan. 8; Mar. 27 | |
1902: Jan. 17; Feb. 26; June 12 (2 letters), 18, 20; July 3, 8, 28, 29; | |
Aug. 5, 18; Oct. 14 (2 letters), 23; Nov. 16, 30; Dec. 4, 6; | |
Feb. 17; June 5 | |
1903: Jan. 10, 27, 30; Feb. 12, 14, 21, 24, 28; Apr. 3, 24, 26; May 14; | |
June 19; Sept. 3, 11, 13, 27, 28; Oct. 14 (4 letters), 27; Nov. 5; | |
Dec. 10, 12, 29 | |
1904: Jan. 21, 26, (2 letters), 27; Feb. 4 (2 letters), 7, 26, 29; Apr. 23; | |
May 2, 3, 27; June 20; July 16; Aug. 25; Sept. 18; Nov. 28; | |
Dec. 1 (2 letters) | |
1905: Aug. 12, 24 | |
1906: Jan. 1, 23; Mar. 28 | |
1907: Oct. 15; Nov. 19; Dec. 30 | |
1908: Jan. 2; Mar. 25; June 2 (2 letters) | |
1909: May 29; June 18; Dec. 27 | |
1910: Mar. 5; Nov. 23; Dec. 12, 22, 29 | |
1911: Jan. 1, 5; Feb. 22, 25; Mar. 4 | |
Undated (2 letters) | |
Gleed, James Willis | |
1891: Sept. 2 | |
1892: Apr. 7, 29 | |
1893: Feb. 7, 9; June 29; July 5; Aug. 29; Sept. 27 (2 letters); | |
Oct. 7 (2 letters), 8; Nov. 30 | |
1894: Jan. 17 (3 letters); Mar. 5, 15; Apr. 12; May 16, 26; June 15; | |
July 21, 23; Sept. 10, 15, 17 (2 letters), 25; Oct. 18; Nov. 12 | |
1895: Feb. 12, 20; July 24, 27; Aug. 2, 5, 7, 8, 20 (3 letters), 28; | |
Sept. 21; Nov. 26, undated | |
1896: Jan. 13, 20; Sept. 3; Nov. 17; Dec. 17 | |
1897: Mar. 17; May 5, 19, 29; June 4, 29; July 22; Aug. 2; Sept. 28; | |
Oct. 19, 30; undated | |
1898: Jan. 11, 15; Dec. 5, 19 | |
1899: Feb. 1; Apr. 6; Nov. 7 | |
1902: July 4, 7; Aug. 19 | |
1903: Jan. 31; Feb. 3, 12, 24 (2 letters); Apr. 14, 24; May 13, 15, 22, 23; | |
June 13, 20 (2 letters); Nov. 12; Dec. 17 (2 letters); Dec. 22, | |
Undated (4 letters) | |
1904: Jan. 3, 23; Feb. 15, 16, 21, 24, 25; Mar. 8; Apr. 19; May 12, 19; | |
June 15; July 2, 12 (2 letters); Aug. 16; Sept. 14, 19, 20, 26; | |
Nov. 9, 17, 25; undated (12 letters) | |
1905: Jan. 13; June 17; Aug. 14 (2 letters), 21, 26; Aug. 4 | |
1906: Apr. 5; May - ?; June 21; July 13; Aug. 11 | |
1907: Nov. 26; Dec. 16, 20 | |
1908: Jan. 20; Oct. 8, 28 | |
1909: Feb. 21; Mar. 6 | |
Undated | |
Glick, George Washington | |
1882: Nov. 26 (to Glick) | |
1883: May 5; Aug. 24; Dec. 26 | |
1884: Jan. 18; Mar. 5; Apr. 30; Dec. 11 | |
1893: May 6 | |
Godard, Aretas A. | |
1902: July 12 | |
1903: May 25; June 18; Dec. 14 | |
Hamilton, Clad | |
1895: July 12 | |
1898: July 26; Aug. 24; undated | |
1899: Mar. 11; July 20; Aug. 8 | |
1902: Aug. 5, 12 | |
1911: Mar. 14 | |
Harrison, Benjamin | |
1897: Nov. 26 | |
Haskell, Dudley C. | |
1882: Mar. 6; Nov. 29 | |
Hay, John | |
1897: Nov. 9 | |
1900: Oct. 29 | |
1904: Feb. 29; Mar. 1; Apr. 1, 2; July 14 | |
Hazen, Zachariah T. | |
1902: Apr. 15; May 21 | |
Hoch, Homer | |
1907: Oct. 10 | |
Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz | |
1906: Apr. 14 | |
Howe, Edgar Watson | |
1893: Apr. 18 | |
1899: May 26 | |
1900: Feb. 5 | |
1902: Dec. 14 | |
1904: Apr. 24; Nov. 28 | |
1905: Sept. 10 | |
1906: Apr. 12 | |
Howells, William Dean | |
1897: Mar. 20; Nov. 7 | |
1899: June 11 | |
1904: Feb. 7 | |
Hudson, Joseph Kennedy | |
1883: Nov. 23 | |
1893: Aug. 24 | |
1894: Nov. 28 | |
1897: Dec. 26 | |
1898: Sept. 1 | |
1899: Apr. 17 (2 letters) | |
Humphrey, Lyman Underwood | |
1884: Jan. 27 | |
1888: July 9; Aug. 29 | |
1889: Mar. 23 | |
1890: Jan. 15; Feb. 14; July 10; Nov. 24 | |
1891: Jan. 17, 30 | |
1892: Dec. 2, 19 | |
Huntington, George | |
1873: Aug. 24 | |
1891: Jan. 8 | |
Huntington, Nettie | |
1872: Jan. 31 | |
Hutchinson, William Easton | |
1902: Apr. 12 | |
1905: Oct. 6 | |
Ingalls, John James | |
1883: Oct. 31 | |
Ingalls, Sheffield | |
1906: Oct. 15 | |
Ingersoll, Mrs. Robert J. | |
1904: Apr. 28 | |
Jarrell, Myra Williams | |
1906: Jan. 3 | |
Johnston, Lucy (Mrs. W.A.) | |
1904: Mar. 7 | |
Johnston, William A. | |
1889: Dec. 21 | |
1902: June 24; Aug. 25 | |
1903: July 2, 18; Oct. 5, 19, 28; June 26; Nov. 3, 6; Dec. 3, 19 | |
1904: Feb. 5; Apr. 12, 23; May 9; Sept. 8, 26; Nov. 26 | |
1905: Sept. 25 | |
1906: Apr. 4 | |
Keller, Henry C. | |
1888: Apr. 30; Nov. 16; Dec. 29 | |
1889: Oct. 28; Dec. 26 | |
1890: July 24 | |
1891: Sept. 23 | |
1892: Jan. 17; Feb. 5; Mar. 23; Apr. 13, 16, 23, 26, 28; May 11; Oct. 1, 30 | |
1893: Aug. 22; Sept. 15 | |
1894: Feb. 11; Apr. 10; July 12; Oct. 16; Dec. 20, 24; undated | |
1895: Feb. 11; May 17, 24, 31; June 4, 19; Aug. 29; Oct. 12, 27 | |
1897: Aug. 11 | |
1898: June 20; Nov. 18; Dec. 5, 12 | |
1899: Feb. 25; Apr. 3; May 26; Dec. 28 | |
1902: Apr. 18 | |
1903: July 13; Aug. 22; Sept. 14; Nov. 13, 19; Dec. 1 | |
1904: Jan. 21, 26; Sept. 6, 20; Oct. 10; Dec. 24 | |
1906: Jan. 17, 30; Feb. 23; Mar. 6, 21 | |
Kelley, E. E. | |
1893: Nov. 26 | |
1894: Jan. 27; Mar. 17; May 15 | |
Undated (1 letter) | |
Kelley, Harrison | |
1890: Jan. 18 | |
Kelley, Harry E. | |
1897: June 21; Aug. 7 | |
1898: Mar. 30; May 4 | |
1902: Apr. 12 | |
Lane, Ed. C. | |
1892: June 13 | |
Larimer, James B. | |
1892: June 4 | |
Legislature of 1874 | |
1874: Jan. 20; Feb. 21 | |
Leland, Cyrus, Jr. | |
1888: June 7 | |
1892: May 19 | |
1893: Feb. 15 | |
1902: July 21; Sept. 15 (2 letters); Nov. 4, 10 | |
Lincoln, Robert | |
1902: July 3 | |
Long, Chester I. | |
1892: June 21; Nov. 22 | |
1896: Nov. 27 | |
1898: Nov. 30 | |
1902: Apr. 12 | |
1905: Jan. 16; Mar. 29, 30; Apr. 9; June 5, 11; Sept. 14; Dec. 21 | |
1907: Feb. 21 | |
1908: Feb. 17 | |
Lowe, Eldon | |
1895: undated | |
McCook, Gen. Alexander McDowell | |
1890: Jan. 6 | |
MacLennan, Frank P. | |
1886: Apr. 23 | |
1890: July 30 | |
1893: Apr. 28 | |
1898: Mar. 19; Dec. 29 | |
1899: Feb. 20; Apr. 8; May 23 | |
1902: Feb. 19; Mar. 10; Apr. 18 (3 letters), 19 (2 letters), 20, 21, 22, 23, | |
undated (2 letters); May 24; July 2, 14, 15, 26; Aug. 9; Nov. 11 | |
1903: Mar. 24, 26; June 12, 13, 15, 26; July 11; Aug. 5; Oct. 31; Nov. 24 | |
McNeal, Thomas A. | |
1902: July 28; Dec. 24 | |
Martin, George W. | |
1902: Apr. 12, 13; Aug. 1 (2 letters); Sept. 5 | |
1903: Mar. 31; Oct. 30; Dec. 4 | |
1908: Oct. 28 | |
Martin, John A | . |
1878: May 5 | |
1880: Aug. 9 | |
1885: Aug. 20; Mar. 23 | |
Martin, John A. (continued) | |
1886: Nov. 11 | |
Menninger, Dr. C. F. | |
1896: Apr. 17 | |
Metcalf, Wilder | |
1902: Mar. 16, 29; May 24 | |
1903: Mar. 25; Apr. 4: May 2; Mar. 16; Nov. 16; Dec. 3 | |
Moody, Joel | |
1890: July 7, 12, 21 | |
1891: Mar. 23 | |
Moody, R. K. | |
1890: July 1 | |
Moonlight, Thomas | |
1886: Dec. 29 | |
Morrill, Edmund Needham | |
1890: Jan. 16, 22 | |
1892: Mar. 22 | |
Moulton, Flora Garland | |
1889: Nov. 10; Dec. - ? | |
1890: Mar. 28; Sept. 21 | |
1891: Aug. 11 | |
1892: Mar. 7; Oct. 13 | |
1896: June 27; Nov. 27 | |
Mulvane, John R. | |
1899: July 24 | |
1902: Apr. 12 | |
Murdock, Marshall Marcellus | |
1885: Sept. 20 | |
1889: Feb. 25; Mar. 23; Dec. 21 | |
1892: Feb. 12 | |
1896: June 1 | |
1902: Mar. 5; Apr. 17 | |
1903: Nov. 30 | |
Murdock, Thomas Benton | |
1882: Sept. 2 | |
1883: Aug. 8 | |
Murdock, Thomas Benton (continued) | |
1890: Oct. 25 | |
1899: Dec. 26 | |
1902: Apr. 12, 28; Aug. 2 | |
Murdock, Victor | |
1894: Jan. 21 | |
1896: Feb. 14 | |
1897: Oct. 12 | |
1903: June 14 | |
Nies, Abby Ware (Mrs. F. H.) | |
1939: Apr. 28 | |
Oil | |
1903: July 19, 21, 17; Sept. 4, 22; Oct. 8; Nov. 12; Dec. 4, 28, 30 | |
1904: Feb. 25; Mar. 15; May 21; June 11, 19; Sept. 13; Oct. 13, 15; | |
Nov. 24 | |
1905: Mar. 11, 20; May 11, 22; June 10 | |
Paine, Albert Biglow | |
1894: Aug. 4 | |
1907: Feb. 16, 26; Apr. 4 | |
Undated (2 letters) | |
Palmer, David E. | |
1897: July 21; Aug. 10 | |
1902: Feb. 10; Dec. 17 | |
1903: Feb. 19; Mar. 12, 24; May 14, 15; June 11 (2 letters), 13, 20; | |
Nov. 3, 9, 14; Dec. 1, 18, 27; undated | |
1904: Jan. 8; Aug. 1, 5; Sept. 10, 19, 22, 23, 24 | |
1905: July 12, 30; Aug. 20 | |
1907: Aug. 19 | |
Peck, George R. | |
1879: Dec. 3 | |
1886: Apr. 23 | |
1899: June 8 | |
1908: Oct. 16 | |
Peters, Samuel Ritter | |
1889: Dec. 18 | |
Plumb, Preston Bierce | |
1880: Oct. 11, 23, 24, 29; Nov. 10; Dec. 16 | |
1882: Jan. 3; July 13; Aug. 22; Sept. 4; Dec. 10, 23 | |
Plumb, Preston Bierce (continued) | |
1883: Apr. 27 | |
1886: July 19 | |
1887: Jan. 8, 15 | |
1888: Feb. 18; Mar. 15; Dec. 20, 21 | |
1889: Apr. 5; June 3; July 9; Sept. 16; Dec. 6, 23, 28 | |
1890: May 17; June 10, 24; July 11 | |
1891: Feb. 21; Mar. 28; Apr. 30; May 16; June 29 (2 letters) Sept. 18, 29 | |
1893: Sept. 8 | |
Politics | |
1870's - 1909 | |
Pollock, John C. | |
1902: Apr. 14; May 30 | |
1903: Jan. 1; Mar. 16 (2 letters), 24 | |
Populism | |
1897: Aug. 6 (2 letters) | |
Porter, Silas | |
1898: Dec. 28 | |
1905: July 18 | |
Prentis, Noble Lovely | |
1873: Mar. 10; Apr. 19 | |
1874: Dec. 9 | |
1875: Mar. 5 | |
1876: Dec. 21 | |
1877: Nov. 26 | |
1878: Jan. 23; Mar. 13; Apr. 16; June 7 | |
1888: Jan. 10; May 11; June 18; July 18, 31; Aug. 29; Sept. 30; | |
Oct. 5; Nov. 14, 27; Dec. 23 | |
1889: Jan. 2, 6; Feb. 24; June 11; July 3, 7, 26 | |
1890: Sept. 14; Dec. 6, 23 | |
1891: Dec. 20 | |
1893: Apr. 4 | |
1897: Dec. 17 | |
1898: Dec. 4 | |
1899: May 28 | |
Quayle, W. A. | |
1890: June 23 | |
Radges, Samuel | |
1902: Jan. 14; Oct. 26 | |
Reid, Albert T. | |
1898: July 13 | |
1902: Oct. 15 | |
1904: Jan. 17 | |
Riley, James Whitcomb | |
1891: May 14 | |
1892: Feb. 9 | |
1896: Sept. 21, 30; Oct. 8, 16; Nov. 14 | |
1897: Mar. 6; Apr. 17; May 24; Aug. 5 | |
1899: June 1 | |
1902: Apr. 12; Sept. 12 | |
1903: Feb. 5; Mar. 11 | |
1905: Sept. 25 | |
1906: Mar. 22 | |
1908: Mar. 18 | |
Robinson, Albert Alonzo | |
1907: Nov. 17; Dec. 20 | |
1908: Jan. 1, 20 | |
1911: Jan. 10 | |
Robley, Thomas, F. | |
1874: Jan. 20; Feb. 21 | |
1881: Jan. 25, 27, 31 (2 letters) | |
Roosevelt, Theodore | |
1900: Mar. 30 | |
1902: Apr. 2, 12, 17; May 22; Aug. 7; Sept. 10 | |
1903: Jan. 29; Feb. 6: Mar. 26; June 17; July 8, 26; Dec. 15, 16, 31 | |
1904: May 19, 27; July 23; Aug. 25; Sept. 15, 23; Oct. 4; Nov. 13 | |
1905: Jan. 3, 22; Aug. 31 | |
1906: Mar. 26 | |
1908: Dec. 26 | |
1909: Jan. 14 | |
Root, Frank A. | |
1877: Apr. 9 | |
Ross, Edmund G. | |
1870: Mar. 1 | |
Rossington, William H. | |
1873: Apr. 7; Aug. 17 | |
1880: Nov. 5 | |
1882: Aug. 29 | |
Rossington, William H. (continued) | |
1885: Mar. 13 | |
1899: Jan. 21 | |
St. John, John P. | |
1879: Nov. 8, 21 | |
1882: June 14 | |
Scott, Charles F. | |
1883: Dec. 30 | |
1886: June 21, 24 | |
1889: Jan. 5, 10, 21; July 26 | |
1890: Jan. 27; Feb. 18; May 29; June 31; Sept. 24; Oct. 1; Nov. 24; | |
Dec. 23 | |
1891: Mar. 23, 30; Nov. 13; Dec. 13 | |
1892: Mar. 24; Apr. 5; May 19; June 1, 6, 17; Oct. 6, 10, 22, 25; | |
Dec. 13, 15 | |
1893: Mar. 31 | |
1894: Sept. 30 | |
1897: June 14; July 6, 13 | |
1898: Mar. 7 | |
1902: Apr. 11, 12; July 10, 19; Nov. 6; Dec. 13 | |
1903: May 3, 19; July 18; Dec. 3 | |
1904: Undated | |
1905: May 11 | |
1906: Mar. 10; Apr. 11, 14 | |
1907: Apr. 11; Nov. 29; Dec. 26 | |
1908: Feb. 10 | |
Sharpe, Amasa Trowbridge | |
1890: Apr. 14; May 9, 16; June 10, 23, 26, 29; July 8, 16 | |
Sheridan, Philip H. | |
1871: Nov. 27 | |
Simpson, J. M. | |
1892: Aug. 9 | |
Smith, James | |
1883: June 26 | |
Smith, Sol | |
1880: Sept. 21 | |
Snow, Francis Huntington | |
1886: Apr. 30 | |
Snow, Francis Huntington (continued) | |
1891: May 8 | |
1896: Feb. 28; Apr. 13 | |
Spanish American War | |
1898: July 26; Aug. 24 | |
1899: Mar. 11; July 20; Aug. 8 | |
Undated (1 letter) | |
Stanley, William E. | |
1899: Apr. 10, 15; Dec. 30 | |
1900: June 9 | |
1902: Feb. 4; Nov. 25 | |
Steffens, Lincoln | |
1905: July 8 | |
Stubbs, Walter Roscoe | |
1906: May 17 | |
1909: Aug. 23 | |
Swayze, J. Clarke | |
1906: Nov. 5 | |
1908: Jan. 18 | |
Taft, William H. | |
1908: June 15; Oct. 9 | |
1909: Dec. 3 | |
1910: Dec. 15 | |
1911: Mar. 2 | |
Tarbell, Ida M. | |
1905: May 1; June 27; Oct. 27; Dec. 20 | |
1907: Aug. 17 | |
1908: May 20; Aug. 2 | |
Taylor, H. L. | |
1892: Jan. 25 | |
Topeka Country Club | |
1899: Jan. 21 | |
Turner, E. J. | |
1890: Mar. 24 | |
U. S. Pension Bureau | |
1902-1905 | |
Usher, John P., Jr. | |
1890: July 7 | |
Valentine, D. M. | |
1883: May 29 | |
1899: Aug. 2 | |
Van Dyke, Henry | |
1905: Dec. 11, 26 | |
1907: Feb. 21 | |
Walton, W. W. | |
1882: Sept. 9; Oct. 5 | |
1885: Apr. 17 | |
Ware, Abby | |
1895: Dec. 28 | |
1896: Jan. 8 | |
1898: Jan. 15 | |
1902: Aug. 15; undated (3 letters) | |
Ware, Charles L. | |
1880: Nov. 10 | |
1883: Nov. 8 | |
Ware, Amelia (Millie) | |
1902: Feb. 25; undated (1 letter) | |
1906: Jan. 9 | |
Ware, Eugene Fitch | |
1867: July 12; June 30 | |
1868: Jan. 17 | |
1876: Jan. 5 | |
1882: Nov. 26? | |
1883: Dec. 29 | |
1885: Feb. 10; undated | |
1888: Jan. 25; Nov. 27 | |
1889: Jan. 29; Aug. 25 | |
1890: Jan. 25; July 2, 23; Aug. 28 | |
1891: Apr. 29: June 7: July 12; Aug. 31; Sept. 7; Oct. 19; | |
Nov. 3, 7, 18, 21 | |
1892: Feb. 10; Mar. 7; Apr. 25; July 24, 25; Sept. 24, 29; Nov. 21; | |
Dec. 6, 10, 15 | |
Ware, Eugene Fitch (continued) | |
1893: Jan. 3, 5, 8, 19; Feb. 8; Mar. 4, 6, 27, 28; Apr. 4, 20; May 9, 16, 30; | |
June 19; Aug. 7, 15 (2 letters); Oct. 4, 20; Dec. 26 | |
1894: Jan. 19, 23, 29; Feb. 7, 16, 27; Mar. 2, 29; Apr. 5, 7, 9, 18, 21; | |
May 12, 15, 21, 22; June 28; Oct. 15; Nov. 25, 26; Dec. 1 (2 | |
letters), 26 | |
1895: Feb. 21, 23; Mar. 7, 19, 10; Apr. 2, 29; May 21; June 12, 17; | |
Aug. 15, 21; Oct. 2, 27; Dec. 7; undated | |
1896: Jan. 30; Feb. 25, 26; Mar. 4, 9, 21, 24; Apr. 6, 11; May 16; | |
June 1, 27; Aug. 12; Sept. 26, 27; undated | |
1897: Jan. 9, 28; Feb. 8; Mar. 6; Apr. 27; June 26; July 17; Aug. 6; | |
Sept. 14; Dec. 2, 16; Apr. 4 | |
1898: Mar. 10, 16; Nov. 6; Dec. 4, 7, 8, 12; May 4, 24 | |
1899: Jan. 25; Feb. 9, 15; Apr. 17, 24; July 22; Sept. 5, 8; Dec. 7; | |
undated | |
1902: Apr. 5; July 15, 25, 28, 31; Aug. 11; Nov. 17; Dec. 16, 20, 22; | |
undated (3 letters) | |
1903: Jan. 3; Feb. 6; Mar. 27; Apr. 4, 15, 23; May 22, 26; June 17, 19; | |
July 8 (2 letters), 10, 15, 17, 18, 28: Oct. 29; Nov. 4 (2 letters), | |
5, 6, 10, 11 (2 letters), 25; Dec. 2, 19, 28, 30 | |
1904: Jan. 13, 17, 21; Feb. 1, 25; Mar. 14; Apr. 1, 13, 20, 21; May 16, 31; | |
June 1, 7 (2 letters), 9, 16, 18, 20; July 5, 9, 22; Aug. 8, 19, 24, 29; | |
Sept. 27, 28; Oct. 1, 8; Nov. 6, 18; Dec. 5 (2 letters), 12, 22; | |
Undated | |
1905: Jan. 10; Feb. 25; Apr. 28; May 1; Sept. 16; Oct. 13, 16, 19 (3 | |
letters); Nov. 2, 13 (2 letters), 23, 26; Dec. 11 | |
1906: Jan. 2, 3, 20; Feb. 2, 12, 16; Mar. 31; Apr. 19 | |
1907: Feb. 13; May 15; July 12; Sept. 14, 23; Oct. 10; Dec. 3 | |
1908: Jan. 6; Feb. 15, 16; Mar. 16; July 15; Dec. 21 | |
1909: May 28; June 15; undated | |
1910: Jan. 3; May 12; Sept. 17; Oct. 13, 17; Dec. 27 | |
1911: Jan. 11, 24, 29; Feb. 9, 22; May 30 | |
Undated (4 letters) | |
Ware, Eugene Huntington | |
1902: June 19; July 5, 14 | |
1906: Aug. 20, 1, 2, 11, 13; Feb. 6 (2 letters); July 27; undated | |
1909: Aug. 19, 25, 30 | |
Ware, Nettie (Nestie) | |
1902: Jan. 4; Mar. 19, 15; Apr. 20; May 16, 25; June 1, 6 | |
Ware, Jennett H. (Nettie) (Mrs. Eugene Fitch) | |
1894: Apr. 30 | |
1895: Sept. 5 | |
1896: Jan. 1, 18; Sept. 23 | |
Ware, Jennett H. (Nettie) (Mrs. Eugene Fitch) continued | |
1897: Dec. 25 | |
1898: July 29; Dec. 15 | |
1899: June 23; Oct. 22; Nov. 13 | |
1902: Feb. 12; May 20; July 4, 27; Aug. 2, 5 (2 letters), 31; | |
June 9; undated (3 letters) | |
1906: Feb. 3 | |
Waters, B. J. | |
1890: Nov. 22 | |
White, William Allen | |
1890: Dec. 26 | |
1897: Mar. 21 | |
1901: Nov. 20; undated | |
1902: Jan. 9; Apr. 17; June 24; July 25; Aug. 1, 9; Sept. 8 | |
1906: Apr. 16 | |
1907: May 20; June 1 | |
1908: Dec. 23 | |
1909: Oct. 12; Nov. 9, 11, 15 | |
1938: Jan. 18; Nov. 8 | |
Undated (2 letters) | |
Wilder, Daniel Webster | |
1872: Nov. 20 | |
1873: Aug. 6, 10; Oct. 5 | |
1874: Feb. 26 | |
1875: Mar. 2; June 13, 19; Dec. 20, 27 | |
1876: Jan. 15; July 13; Sept. 1 | |
1877: Feb. 4, 30 | |
1881: Nov. 8 | |
1885: Sept. 25; Dec. 21 | |
1886: Feb. 9, 22; Apr. 15, 27; Oct. 18; Dec. 28 | |
1887: May 3; Sept. 1 | |
1888: May 10; Dec. 12 | |
1889: Sept. 7 | |
1890: Feb. 25; Mar. 3; May 27; June 4; July 7 | |
1891: Feb. 16; Sept. 3, 7; Nov. 3, 10 | |
1892: Feb. 23; Mar. 22; May 17; June 20; Dec. 21 | |
1893: Mar. 6, 14, 15; Apr. 4, 10; Nov. 20, 21 | |
1894: Apr. 5, 9; June 4; July 4, 1, 17, 19; Aug. 13; Sept. 5, 10, 20; | |
Oct. 15 | |
1897: Jan. 7, 19; Mar. 2; Sept. 1 | |
1898: Jan. 27; Feb. 16; Aug. 8? | |
1899: Jan. 1; Mar. 28, 30; Sept. 4; Dec. 5 | |
1902: Apr. 11, 15; May 25; Sept. 10, 12 | |
Wilder, Daniel Webster (continued) | |
1903: Jan. 26; Mar. 1; Apr. 3; May 28 | |
1905: Feb. 10; Nov. 4; Dec. 2 | |
1906: Mar. 8; Apr. 12; June 8; July 25; Oct. 30 | |
1907: Jan. 14; May 30; Aug. 24, 25; Sept. 20, 29; Oct. 23; | |
Dec. 11, 24 | |
1908: Feb. 16; Mar. 10; July 6; Dec. 29 | |
1909: Mar. 22; June 21; Aug. 1, 22, 25; Nov. 30; Dec. 6, 20 | |
1910: Sept. 30; Nov. 28 | |
Undated (52 letters) | |
Wilder, E. | |
1899: Jan. 19 | |
Wilder, May E. (Mrs. D. W.) | |
Undated | |
Wilder, Webster | |
1898: June 14 | |
1899: Aug. 23; Sept. 9 |