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Title
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Russell Hicks
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Description
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Photo and information on Russell Hicks (ca. 1799-1876), a native of Massachusetts and lawyer after moving to Independence in 1829 and noted as one of the most eccentric members of the Kansas Town Company as well as judge and counsel for Senator Thomas Hart Benton.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Russell Hicks
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Description
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Portrait and biographical sketch of Russell Hicks (1799-1876), a lawyer and judge born in Massachusetts, moving to Missouri about 1817and working as a teacher and railroad worker, moving to Independence and later Sedalia, Missouri.
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Date
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1876
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Honorable John F. Philips
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Description
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Brief description of Russell Hicks as a Civil War veteran and business partner of legislator John Philips in Sedalia, Missouri.
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Date
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1923-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Irascible Judge, Farmer Had Extensive Land Holding in Area
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Description
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Article tells the story of Russell Hicks, one of the least known of the original 14 men who divided up Gabriel Prudhomme's property. Hicks was a lawyer and judge kown for "his perpetual foul humor."
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Date
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1988-08-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Reminiscences of Adelbert S. Haines
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Description
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Photo and description of the struggles of Adelbert Haines (the first secretary of the Kansas City Board of Trade) to succeed financially around the Civil War era when Kansas City was on the edge of Western civilization and economically unstable. Mention of "ex-judge Russell Hicks" on page 200 as suing Haines (defended by lawyers S. P. Twiss and CharlesTichenor) for possession of his grain commission store at the foot of Grand Avenue in 1868.
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Date
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1922-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
