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Ho! For The Kansas Plains
Date: 1855
This is sheet music for a song about making Kansas a free state.
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Ho! For Kansas! Eldridge Brothers’ Express & Daily Post Coach Line
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This printed notice for the Eldridge Brothers’ coach line advertised the fare to Lawrence as $3.50. The coach line had routes from Kansas City to Lecompton, Lawrence to Osawatomie, and…
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Election of delegates to the Free State Convention
Date: August, 1855
Call for August 25, 1855, district elections of delegates to represent Free State Party interests at a Free State Convention in Big Springs, Kansas Territory, on September 5, 1855, “for…
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Kansas Militia to meet in Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory
Date: November 28, 1855
A printed notice to members of the Second Brigade of the Northern Division of the Kansas Militia directing them to meet at Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory, on December 1, 1855.
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Legal abandonment of land near Lawrence
Date: October 15, 1855
This document dated October 15, 1855, and signed by Caleb S. Pratt, Levin B. Dennis, Joshia Smith, and R. T. Hooton, appears to be their statement of abandonment for any…
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Samuel Reader’s diary, volume 3
Date: Between January 1, 1854 and December 31, 1857
Volume three of Samuel Reader’s diary documents his life in La Harpe, Illinois, his travels to Kansas Territory, and his life in Kansas Territory. Reader describes daily activities as well…
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F. M. Cummins to Samuel N. Wood
Date: October 3, 1859
From El Mendaro in Madison County, Kansas Territory, F. M. Cummins wrote to S. N. Wood regarding the latter’s candidacy for the territorial legislature in the election of November 8,…
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Joel Grover’s Militia Commission
Date: November 27, 1855
This printed document, headed with the name “James H. Lane,” announces the election and certification of Joel Grover as colonel of the 6th Regiment, First Brigade of Kansas Volunteers. The…
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Samuel L. Adair to S. S. Jocelyn
Date: November 16, 1854
Samuel Adair and his family had just arrived in Kansas City, Missouri. This appears to be a draft of a letter he sent to Reverend S. S. Jocelyn of the…
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Kansas State Central Committee record book
Date: Between July 3, 1856 and July 13, 1857
This record book contains the official proceedings of the Kansas State Central Committee from July 3, 1956, to July 13, 1857. The committee was established to coordinate the activities of…
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Orville C. Brown to Samuel L. Adair
Date: January 21, 1857
Orville Chester Brown wrote from Utica, New York, to Samuel Adair in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory. Brown wrote about speaking engagements on behalf of Kansas, and mentioned Governor Geary and President…
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Orville C. Brown to Samuel L. Adair
Date: November 12, 1856
Orville Chester Brown apparently wrote this letter to Samuel L. Adair in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, from Utica, New York. He reported that he had spoken to ten different groups about…
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Henry Miles Moore to Jesse Morin
Date: October 12, 1859
Moore, an anti-slavery Democrat, wrote to Major Jesse Morin, register of the federal land office in Fort Scott, Kansas Territory, to seek Morin’s support in Moore’s bid for the Democratic…
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Marcus J. Parrott to Henry Miles Moore
Date: January 12, 1857
Parrott, the representative of Kansas Territory to the U.S. Congress, wrote to Moore from Washington offering his assessment of the upcoming session of Congress. Parrott predicted that the Congress would…
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James Peckham to Henry Miles Moore
Date: December 13, 1857
Peckham, writing from New York City, described Northern opposition to the Lecompton Constitution. He also offered advice to Moore, who was a Free State advocate from Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, that…
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James Peckham to Henry Miles Moore
Date: March 20, 1857
Peckham, writing from New York City, described the strong anti-slavery feelings that had emerged among many Northerners in the wake of the March 6, 1857, Supreme Court decision in the…
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George S. Boutwell to Salmon P. Chase, Governor of Ohio
Date: November 24, 1857
George Boutwell of Indianapolis, Indiana, wrote the Governor of Ohio, Salmon P. Chase, regarding the forthcoming vote on the Lecompton Constitution–for the constitution with or without slavery. Boutwell explained why…
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Charles Robinson to Sara Robinson
Date: October 3, 1857
From Lawrence, Kansas Territory, Charles Robinson wrote to his wife, Sara, to finalize arrangements to meet her in St. Louis later in the month. He also mentioned a “Daniel Foster…
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Charles Robinson to Sara Robinson
Date: October 1, 1857
This is another personal letter from a tired and somewhat discouraged Charles Robinson in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Sara, who is apparently about ready to rejoin her husband…
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Charles Robinson to Sara Robinson
Date: September 26, 1857
Charles Robinson wrote this letter to his wife, Sara, upon his return to Lawrence, Kansas Territory, from “a tour of ten days into the southern part of the Territory.” This…
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Charles Robinson to Sara Robinson
Date: September 13, 1857
This very personal letter from Charles Robinson in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Sara, who was visiting back East, touches on a number of things such as “keeping house…
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Owen Brown to Samuel and Florella Adair
Date: August 8, 1855
Owen Brown wrote from Munroe Falls, Ohio, to Samuel and Florella Adair in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, that his son, John Brown, would start for Kansas Territory in a week. Florella…
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James H. Lane to Charles Robinson et al
Date: August 10, 1856
In a brief letter from Topeka that is very difficult to decipher, Jim Lane informs Robinson, Gen. George W. Deitzler, George W. Brown, John Brown, “& others” of his arrival…
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Eli Thayer to Charles Robinson
Date: August 5, 1856
Eli Thayer, the founder of the Emigrant Aid Company, wrote from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Charles Robinson’s “brother” about “certain efforts to injure the reputation of your brother” whom Thayer called…
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Sophie Goddard to Sara Robinson
Date: July 20, 1856
This letter to Sara T. D. Robinson from her sister, Sophie D. S. Goddard, had been sent in care of Miss Emily I. Hunt, because of rumors that letters to…