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Guide to the Samuel Lyle Adair Collection

Samuel Lyle Adair papers



COLLECTION SUMMARY

Repository: University of Kansas
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Kansas Collection
1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616
Phone: (785)864-4334
Fax: (785)864-5803
URL: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu
Finding aid prepared by lgg, 1972
Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006
Creator: Adair, Samuel Lyle
Title: Samuel Lyle Adair papers
Dates: 1863, ca. 1857
Quantity: 1 folder (22x36cm), 1 oversize folder
Abstract: Account of the life of Frederick Brown by Samuel Lyle Adair and printed endorsement voucher, dated Leavenworth, KS.
Identification: RH MS P1
Language(s): English

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Samuel Lyle Adair Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS P1, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None

Restrictions on Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

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INDEX TERMS

Names:

Brown, Frederick, 1830-1856.
Jocelyn, Rev. S. S., fl. 1855-1857, addressee.

Family Names:

Brown, John, 1800-1859.

Subject:

Kansas. History. Civil War.
1830-1856
chron: Coverage: 1863.

Places:

Osawatomie, Kan.

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BIOGRAPHY of Samuel Lyle Adair, active 1856

Friend of John Brown; author of manuscript account of the life of Brown's third son, Frederick; resident of Osawatomie, Kansas before the Civil War, later Chaplain, General Hospital, Leavenworth, Kansas, ca. September 1, 1863-October 31, 1863.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

RH MS P1 An account of the life of Frederick Brown, son of John Brown, with a letter to Rev. S. S. Jocelyn. ca. 1857? 4 p.
Purchase, Smoky Hill Booksellers
RH MS Q5 Claim for back pay directed to Maj. H. J. Adams, U.S. Army Paymaster, submitted by Samuel Lyle Adair, Chaplain. General Hospital, Leavenworth City, Kan. November 8, 1863. 1 sheet (printed form). 26x39cm.
Purchase, Revercomb, 1963

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