In October 1854, Bishop James O. Andrews passed through Fort Leavenworth on his way to the Fort Leavenworth Manual Labor School (the current Shawnee Indian…
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Rev. Johnson decides to organize a classical department in connection with the school and advertises it as follows: WESTERN ACADEMY We have determined to…
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Transcribed letter from R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior, Washington concurring with the funding of the Indian Manual Labor School to Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner…
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Transcribed letter from Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior dated Sep 5, 1854 forwarding transcribed comments on…
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Transcribed letter from Thomas Johnson, Superintendent Manual Labor School to Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated Aug 25, 1854 Shawnee M.L. School Aug…
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Transcribed explanatory remarks for the continuation of the Indian Manual Labor School by Thomas Johnson, Superintendent Manual Labor School to Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner of…
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Transcribed proposal for the continuation of the Indian Manual Labor School by Thomas Johnson, Superintendent Manual Labor School to George Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs…
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Transcribed abstract of the case of the Manual Labor School in the Shawnee Country, established by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1838 by Wm B.…
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Report of Thomas Johnson Aug. 27, 1854 Sir: In compliance with your instructions, I respectfully submit the following report of this institution under my charge:…
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William H. Goode, a missionary with the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, distinctly anti-slavery, traveled to Kansas and in his book (Outpost of Zion), recounts his…
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