Personal Recollections of Pardee ButlerThis is a biography of Pardee Butler, written from the point-of-view of his daughter, Rosetta Butler Hastings. He was a farmer and Restoration Movement preacher who lived in Kansas and was involved there in the run-up to the American Civil War. He is remembered in Kansas history for being set adrift on the Missouri River on a raft by pro-slavery men for his abolitionist beliefs. |
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Contents
CHAPTER IV | |
CHAPTER VI | |
CHAPTER VII | |
CHAPTER XI | |
CHAPTER XIII | |
CHAPTER XXVI | |
CHAPTER XXVIII | |
Pardee Butler | |
CHAPTER XXX | |
CHAPTER XXXII | |
CHAPTER XXXIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIV | |
CHAPTER XXXV | |
CHAPTER XIV | |
CHAPTER XVI | |
CHAPTER XVII | |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
CHAPTER XXI | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTER XXV | |
REMINISCENCES CHAPTER XXXVII | |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | |
CHAPTER XXXIX | |
CHAPTER XL | |
CHAPTER XLI | |
CHAPTER XLII | |
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