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Addresses: by John A. Martin. Delivered in Kansas.

Chapter 126: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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A series of addresses delivered in Kansas presents unpolished speeches reflecting on the state's development, wartime experience, civic institutions, agriculture, education, immigration, and political issues including Republican principles and the enforcement of prohibition. The pieces mix firsthand recollection and statistical sketching with tributes to soldiers, vivid descriptions of marches, and remarks tailored for reunions and ethnic gatherings. Together they record civic memories and institutional growth, offering accessible narratives of social and political change in a young Midwestern commonwealth.

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Pennsylvania and Kansas, 7
 
The First Kansas Volunteers, 14
 
The Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, 17
 
Eighth Kansas Veteran Volunteers, 36
 
Accepting Nomination for Governor, (1884,) 45
 
Address before Republican Convention of Atchison County, 47
 
The Republican Party, 50
 
The Campaign of 1884, 63
 
First Inaugural Address, 67
 
The Grand Army of the Republic, 69
 
A War-Time Picture, 72
 
How Kansas is Advertised, 74
 
Birthday of General Grant, 75
 
The State University, 77
 
The State Normal School, 80
 
General Grant—Memorial Address, 84
 
Kansas Farms and Farm Interests, 91
 
American Soldiers, 100
 
The Kansas National Guard, 106
 
Address of Welcome to the A. O. U. W., 108
 
The Irish National League, 110
 
The School Teacher, 112
 
Installation of Officers of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., 115
 
Quarter-Centennial Address—“The Development of Kansas,” 119
 
Our Duty to the Union Soldier, 137
 
In Memoriam, (Address at Wichita on Memorial Day,) 140
 
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, 155
 
The Swedes in Kansas, 158
 
Accepting Nomination for Governor, (1886,) 166
 
Republicanism in Kansas, 168
 
Address Before the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 196
 
Completion of Water Works at Clay Center, 197
 
Mexican Journalists, 200
 
Thirtieth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Topeka, 201
 
The Kansas Pioneer, 202
 
Floral Festival, 206
 
Dedication of “Snow Hall,” (State University,) 207
 
Welcoming Teachers’ Association, 208
 
Second Inaugural Address—“The Governors of Kansas,” 210
 
Memoirs of the March, 213
 
Kansas During the War, 217
 
Odd-Fellowship in Atchison, 222
 
Modest Kansas,” 227
 
Farmers’ Protective Association, 229
 
Northwestern Editors—Welcome to, 234
 
Temperance Laws in Kansas, 236
 
Address at the Thirty-sixth Session of the International Typographical Union, 240
 
A Present to the Soldiers’ Home, 242

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Silently corrected typographical errors.
  2. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.