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Browne & Howell Company, Chicago, IL. 1913. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on the endpapers and title page. Retired high school library copy. Book Condition: Good: index number on painted spine; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottoms. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. Deckle edges. 475 pp 8vo. The object of this book is to present in a direct and simple way the leading events in the life of Preston B. Plumb. Interwoven will be something of the pioneer spirit, the founding of a great state, the passing of the old order, a change in the destiny of the Republic, the coming of a new era, and the influence of these on our industrial and political life. He moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 1856, to support the "Free-State" movement and one of the founders of Emporia, Kansas, establishing the Kansas News in 1857. He was secretary of the Free-State convention in 1857 and a member of the Leavenworth constitutional convention in 1859. Plumb studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1862 and was a reporter for the Kansas Supreme Court. During the Civil War, he entered the Union Army in 1862 as a second lieutenant in the 11th Kansas Cavalry and served successively as captain, major, and lieutenant colonel of the regiment. He was on duty on the eastern border of Kansas until October 1864, helping fight pro-Confederacy Missouri partisans and raiders under William Quantrill, as well as serving in Nebraska against Indians. He was mustered out September 26, 1865. He was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1867 and 1868, and also served as speaker in the latter year. He was prosecuting attorney of Lyon County and was president of the Emporia National Bank in 1873. In 1877, Preston Plumb was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate; he was reelected in 1883 and 1888 and served from March 4, 1877, until his death. A clean very presentable copy. Seller Inventory # 011173
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Life Of Preston B. Plumb, 1837-1891; ...
Publisher: Browne & Howell Company, Chicago, IL
Publication Date: 1913
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 2nd Edition
