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Date: August 27, 1855
This letter, written by free state governor Charles Robinson, was sent to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a prominent Northern abolitionist. Robinson discusses in general terms the troubles facing Kansas Territory, stating…
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Date: August 11, 1856
This letter was written from Niagara Falls, New York, by Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee, to his agent, William F. M. Arny. The committee wishes to release…
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Date: December 21, 1856 to December 23, 1856
These testimonies were collected, presumably by an associate of the National Kansas Committee, from a number of free state settlers along Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas Territory. Each account includes personal…
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Date: 1857
This document summarizes the results from a number of other census reports that recorded the number of free state and proslavery settlers in various areas of Kansas Territory. It records…
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Date: 1857
This census report lists the total number of residents along the Marais des Cygnes River, commencing at the state line, including free state residents, proslavery residents, and free state residents…
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Date: 1857
This census report lists the names and origins of the proslavery and free state settlers that lived along Lost Creek, a tributary of the Little Osage, on the north edge…
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Date: January 8, 1856
This document, signed by Kansas Territory citizens from the Lawrence area, deplores the condition of the Central Committee’s room and office. These citizens claim that they were mistreated,and that the…
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Date: January 5, 1857
This testimony, recorded by the National Kansas Committee, describes the Kansas experience of Lemuel Knapp, a settler who emigrated to the area near Fort Riley, Kansas Territory. His statement includes…
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Date: 1855
The document contains seven articles which relate to the purpose of the company and how to become a member. The companyseeks to improve Kansas Territory by civilizing and enlightening the…
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Date: February 14, 1861
James R. Mead writes this letter from his ranch and trading post near the Saline River to his father in Davenport, Iowa. He vehemently declares that the stories about suffering…
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Date: January 11, 1861
In this letter, James R. Mead writes to his father concerning his buffalo hunting and trading. He has just returned from a trading trip. He does not know what to…
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Date: December 25, 1860
In this letter addressed to his mother, James Mead writes about his life on the frontier near the Saline River, Kansas Territory. He assures her that he has plenty of…
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Date: December 1, 1860
James Mead, a rancher and trader from Saline County, Kansas Territory, writes this letter to his father, who lived in Davenport, Iowa. Mead and his companions are going to “the…
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Date: November 22, 1860
James Mead writes from Salina, Kansas Territory to his father who lived in Davenport, Iowa. Apparently, Mead has heard news of Lincoln’s election, but he does not know any specifics.…
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Date: December 30, 1856
These testimonies, taken down by the National Kansas Committee (possibly by Thaddeus Hyatt), relate the Kansas Territory experiences of Samuel Nickel and Miles Morris, including their personal backgrounds. Nickel’s claim…
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Date: December 5, 1856 to December 7, 1856
These testimonies, presumably taken by Thaddeus Hyatt of the National Kansas Committee, include personal information about each settler, such as their age, occupation, etc. They describe their experiences in Kansas…
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Date: February 8, 1861
Cyrus K. Holliday, president of the Atchison and Topeka Rail Road Company, visited Washington, D. C., in February, 1861, for the purpose of obtaining a land grant from Congress. Cyrus…
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Date: October 15, 1856
This balance sheet is identified as Hiram Hill in account with Samuel Newell Simpson. It lists amounts paid into and received from Hiram Hill’s various real estate investments in Lawrence,…
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Date: August 26, 1860
In this letter, written from Burlingame, Kansas Territory, James R. Mead informs his father that he had come back to eastern Kansas to work for Mr. Titus, presumably pro-slavery Colonel…
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Date: December 25, 1859
James R. Mead writes this letter from his home “somewhere in the West.” He has a trading post about twenty miles north of the Saline River and west of Fort…
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Date: December 25, 1859
In this letter, Mead informs his father, who still lived in Davenport, Iowa, that he has established a trading post along the Saline River in Kansas Territory in order to…
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Date: November 7, 1859
In this letter, James R. Mead describes his first buffalo hunt to his family and friends. He had recently returned from this adventure and apparently he was extremely successful, having…
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Date: August 13, 1859
In this letter, James Mead writes from Tecumseh, Kansas Territory, to his father about his efforts to secure a claim. He includes information about the people of the territory, the…
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Date: Between August 19, 1856 and November 24, 1856
This copy of a letter, which is added onto the end of another copied letter, is addressed to Horace White from Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee. The…
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Date: March 19, 1858
Mr. James Root writes from Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, about the possibility of providing support to organize a Congregational Church in that city. He explains that a number of denominations had…
