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Title
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Thomas Fitzpatrick, Guide
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Description
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Biographical descriptions of mountain man Thomas Fitzpatrick, a resident of Westport supposedly born in Ireland in 1799. Description of his travels in and west of the Rocky Mountains starting in the early 1820s, traveling through the Kansas City area on numerous occasions, gaining the nicknames of "White Hair" and "Broken Hand," and dying in Washington, D.C., in 1854.
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Date
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1967
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Letters of Allen T. Ward, 1842-1852: From the Shawnee and Kaw (Methodist) Missions
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Description
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Biographical article about the letters from 1842 to 1851 of Allen T. Ward, or Allen Ward (1806-1862), with portraits of himself and family members and a picture of the east building of the Shawnee Methodist Mission in Johnson County, Kansas. The letters describe his "impressions" and experiences of the place, Indians, fellow missionaries and other settlers, and the surrounding area's activities including Kansas City and the 1849 cholera epidemic (pages 364-371).
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Date
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1967
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
