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STREETER'S COPY (KANSAS.) Colt, Miriam Davis. Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and its Sad

STREETER'S COPY (KANSAS.) Colt, Miriam Davis. Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and its Sad Results. 8vo, publisher's cloth, minor wear and fading; foxed; Streeter's copy, with his booklabel on the front pastedown and his pencil notes on the front free endpaper. Watertown, NY, 1862

  • Notes: "This day by day journal is interesting for its account of a journey from northern New York state to southeastern Kansas in 1856, the last stage from Kansas City to the banks of the Neosho River being by covered wagon; for its portrayal of the Border Ruffians and turbulent conditions in Kansas in 1856, and for its account of a communistic vegetarian colony"--Streeter Sale IV:2019 [this copy]; Graff 827; Howes C616.

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