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HASKELL, Dudley Chase, 1842-1883 Signed slip of paper 2.5” X 6.5”
“D.C. Haskell Lawrence, Kans”, a Representative from Kansas; born
in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., March 23, 1842; moved with his
parents to Lawrence, Kans., in 1855; attended school at Springfield,
Vt., in 1857 and 1858; engaged in business as a shoe merchant;
followed the gold rush to Pikes Peak, Colo., in 1859 and resided there
until 1861; assistant to the quartermaster of the Union Army in
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and the Indian Territory in 1861 and
1862; left the service and entered Williston’s Seminary, Easthampton,
Mass., in 1863; was graduated from Yale College in 1865; returned to
Lawrence, Kans., and engaged in the shoe business 1865-1867;
member of the State house of representatives in 1872, 1875, and 1876,
and served as speaker in 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-
fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March
4, 1877, until his death in Washington, D.C., December 16, 1883;
chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress);
interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans.
$20.00
“D.C. Haskell Lawrence, Kans”, a Representative from Kansas; born
in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., March 23, 1842; moved with his
parents to Lawrence, Kans., in 1855; attended school at Springfield,
Vt., in 1857 and 1858; engaged in business as a shoe merchant;
followed the gold rush to Pikes Peak, Colo., in 1859 and resided there
until 1861; assistant to the quartermaster of the Union Army in
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and the Indian Territory in 1861 and
1862; left the service and entered Williston’s Seminary, Easthampton,
Mass., in 1863; was graduated from Yale College in 1865; returned to
Lawrence, Kans., and engaged in the shoe business 1865-1867;
member of the State house of representatives in 1872, 1875, and 1876,
and served as speaker in 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-
fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March
4, 1877, until his death in Washington, D.C., December 16, 1883;
chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-seventh Congress);
interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans.
$20.00