Cordley, Richard:

$300 · Offered by William Reese Company

PIONEER DAYS IN KANSAS. Tipped in to this copy is a three-page a.l.s. from Cordley to H.W. Chester, dated Jan. 8, 1904, in which Cordley asks Chester about his family, and informs him of the present title's publication. Cordley, a minister, first went to Kansas in 1857 and lived there for most of the next forty-five years. Chapters cover some of the noteworthy events in Kansas history, the history of Lawrence, and the Civil War.

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