Box 1
Contains 408 Results:
Typescript letter signed Lon V. Stephens, Bell Air, Missouri, to M.V. Byars, editor, Miss. Valley Dem. & Journal of Agriculture, St. Louis, defending himself “against charges of double dealing from the enemy’s camp.” Encloses copy of edited platform for the Missouri Democratic party and typescript letter signed Harry B. Hawes, St. Louis, to Gov. Lon V. Stephens, Jefferson City, Missouri, dated September 7, 1898, discounting rumors reported about Hawes, Stephens, and Stone. (Includes undated newspaper clipping titled “A Fight to the Finish. Police Department Will See the Pool Room Contest Through. Commissioner Hawes and Chief Campbell Undeterred by the Kansas City Appeals Court Decision or the Threats of Pool Room Men–Preparing for Fight from the Start”; undated article “Is He a Chump? Who? The Rural Missouri Democrat” from The Mirror, regarding Missouri Democrats and the corrupt relationship between Stone, Stephens, and Hawes.), 1898 Sept 13
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Dictated typescript note from [William V. Byars] to Hon. Lon V. Stephens, Bell Air, Missouri, in reply to a letter from Stephens., 1898 Sept 14
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Typescript copy of letter from [William V. Byars], Springfield, to Hon. William J. Bryan, Washington, D.C., regarding a report that Bryan was considering retirement from the army. Byars asks if there is any truth to this report and encourages Bryan to do so, writing that Bryan can be much more useful in politics, helping the Democrats to win the presidential election of 1900., 1898 Sept 29
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Letter signed A.M. Dockery, Kansas City, Missouri, to my dear Byars. “I confess I do not quite understand your frequent references to my public record. Cockrell and I occupy exactly the same position. He is commended. I am condemned. I know Cockrell’s views because I have heard him twice – but we are getting away from the war. Silver is at the grave & I adhere to the opinion heretofore expressed that Mo. on the 8th of next month will record a safe democratic majority and return Cockrell to the Senate.”, 1898 Oct 9
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Letter signed M.E. Benton, Neosho, Missouri, to W.V. Byars, St. Louis, regarding Byars’ political views., 1898 Oct 23
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Typescript letter signed Harry K. Allen, Alexander & Allen, lawyers, Gallatin, Missouri, to W.V. Byars, St. Louis, regarding the editorship of the Democrat and Journal. Allen asks whether Byars has left the paper and if that meant the paper would change in “tone.”, 1898 Oct 28
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Typescript letter signed A.M. Dockery, Missouri, to W.V. Byars, Kirkwood, Missouri, regarding the platform the party adopted in Springfield, Missouri. Dockery is in full agreement with the platform, but he acknowledges that Byars is not. Dockery writes that he will not allow the political differences that exist between him and Byars to hurt their friendship., 1898 Nov 11
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Letter signed F.M. Crunden [Frederick M. Crunden], librarian and secretary, Public Library, St. Louis, to [William V. Byars], thanking Byars’s for his verse., 1898 Nov 26
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Note signed H. Martin Williams, Executive Committee, The Missouri Single Tax League, St. Louis, to my dear Byars, regarding the enclosed newspaper clippings. (Includes undated newspaper article titled “Does Trimming Pay,” regarding Democrats and Republicans and their appeal to different voters; undated clipping from The Weekly Democrat, November 18, 1898, regarding the New York Journal as “one of Democracy’s greatest foes,” the philosophy of imperialism, and a potential split of the Democratic party.), 1898 Nov 27
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.
Note signed R.P. Bland, Lebanon, Missouri, to W.V. Byars, St. Louis., 1898 Nov 28
The collection includes correspondence of William V. Byars with numerous individuals including newspaper men, politicians, and literary figures. Principal correspondents include Arthur Brisbane, William Marion Reedy, and Byars’ father, James Byars. The collection also contains poems and other writings of William V. Byars.