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Charles Ransford Jennison
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Charles Ransford Jennison
Description
Photograph of Charles R. Jennison posing in fur hat, coat, and gloves, with his rifle, and a dog at his feet.
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Charles Otis Fitch
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Charles Otis Fitch
Description
This black and white photograph, taken circa 1890, depicts Charles Otis Fitch, son of Edward and Sarah Fitch. He was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1860. At the age of three, he survived Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence, but his family’s house was burned down and his father was killed in the attack.
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Image
The Burning of Osceola, Missouri
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The Burning of Osceola, Missouri
Description
An illustration of James Lane's Sacking of Osceola on September 22, 1861, as published in "The Border Outlaws" (1880) by James W. Buel.
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Quantrill's Raid
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Quantrill's Raid
Description
An illustration entitled, "The War in Kansas-Fearful Massacre at Lawrence by Quantrell's Guerillas", originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
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Image
Date
September 12, 1863
Edward Payson Fitch, Jr.
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Edward Payson Fitch, Jr.
Description
This black and white photograph, taken circa 1890, depicts Edward Payson Fitch, Jr., son of Edward and Sarah Fitch. He was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1863. As a baby, he survived Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, but his family’s house was burned down and his father was killed in the attack.
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Image
Julia Sumner Fitch
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Julia Sumner Fitch
Description
This black and white photograph, taken circa 1890, portrays Julia Sumner Fitch. Julia was born to Edward and Sarah Fitch in Lawrence, Kansas in 1858. At the age of five, she survived Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence, but her family’s house was burned down and her father was killed in the attack.
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Charles Jennison's Jayhawkers
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Charles Jennison's Jayhawkers
Description
Antislavery guerrillas under Charles Jennison attacking civilians in Missouri.
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Image
Date
1864
The Ruins of Lawrence, Kansas
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The Ruins of Lawrence, Kansas
Description
An illustration of the ruins of Lawrence, Kansas after Quantrill's Raid on August 21, 1863, originally published in Harper's Weekly.
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Image
Date
September 19, 1863
Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas
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Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas
Description
Stereograph by Alexander Gardner depicting Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence, Kansas. Founded by members of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society (later renamed the New England Emigrant Aid Company) in 1854, Lawrence was a center of Free-State activism during the Border War.
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Image
Date
1867
Edward Fitch
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Edward Fitch
Description
This black and white portrait depicts Edward Payson Fitch. He was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts in 1857 and was one of the early settlers in Kansas Territory. On August 21, 1863, he was killed in Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence. An intruder shot him in the heart, then burned down his house with his body still inside. His wife and three children escaped.
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