Richard J. Hinton

Richard Josiah Hinton (November 26, 1830 – December 20, 1901) was a journalist, author,

Born in England, he came to the United States in 1851, and became an important witness to events leading to the Civil War and its aftermath. He was an abolitionist who moved to Kansas in 1856 to help stop the spread of slavery. During the Civil War he helped recruit units of the new United States Colored Troops, and served as an officer of one (all the officers were white).^[1][2] He wrote about Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and poet Richard Realf.

He reported from

He was survived by his wife Isabella H. Hinton, and two sons, George F. and Ralph Hinton.^[1] The Kansas Historical Society has a collection of his papers.^[3]

Publications (chronologically)

• ''The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine (with Lincoln's speeches)'. Boston:
  Thayer and Eldridge
  . 1860.
• Rebel invasion of Missouri and Kansas, and the campaign of the army of the border against General Sterling Price, in October and November, 1864 (2nd ed.). Chicago: Church & Goodman. 1865.
• English radical leaders. New York:
  G.P. Putnam's Sons
  . 1877.
• The Hand-book to Arizona : Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins and Scenery. San Francisco: Payot, Upham & Co. 1878.
• (With Frank A. Burr) "Little Phil" and his troopers : the life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan : its romance and reality, how an humble lad reached the head of an army. Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid. 1888.
• Irrigation in the United States (2nd ed.). Washington D.C.:
  Government Printing Office
  . 1890.
• A report on irrigation and the cultivation of the soil thereby, with physical data, conditions, and progress within the United States for 1891, accompanied by maps, illustrations, and papers. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Senate (
  Government Printing Office
  ). 1892.
• John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. New York and London:
  Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1894. In 1899 he published a summary.^[4]
• Poems by Richard Realf, poet, soldier, workman : With a memoir by Richard J. Hinton. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 1898.
• Richard Realf's Free-state Poems : with personal lyrics written in Kansas. Edited, with historical notes, by Col. RIchard J. Hinton. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company. 1900. Contains a 14-page introduction on Hinton, by William E. Connelley.

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