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Amos A. Lawrence to Sara Robinson
Date: June 26, 1856
Amos A. Lawrence writes from New York to state that he believes “Gov. Robinson cannot be harmed by any action of law,” but thinks it wise for Sara T. D.…
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Wyandotte Constitution
Date: July 29, 1859
Official copy of the Wyandotte Constitution that became the Constitution of the State of Kansas on January 29, 1861, when Kansas was admitted to the United States of America as…
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S. P. Hanscom to Sara Robinson
Date: May 25, 1856
On Sunday, May 25, 1856, “at the request of Gov. Robinson,” S. P. Hanscom writes Sara T. D. Robinson to assure her that her “esteemed and gallant husband” is well.…
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William A. Phillips’ testimony of assault by proslavers
Date: May 23, 1855
William A. Phillips, a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, testifies in an affidavit before territorial Chief Justice Samuel Lecompte about an incident in which Phillips, an anti-slavery proponent, was tarred…
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Warren Beckwith to Henry Miles Moore
Date: March 9, 1855
Beckwith writes from Pawnee, Kansas Territory, to Henry Miles Moore (identified in the salutation as “M. H. Moore”) of Weston, Missouri. Beckwith describes building construction in Pawnee, reports that a…
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Jason Brown to Samuel L. Adair
Date: April 4, 1859
Jason Brown writes to Samuel L. Adair from Akron, Ohio, in response, evidently, to an earlier letter Adair had written him concerning placing a claim for property lost while in…
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Jeremiah R. Brown to Samuel and Florella Adair
Date: November 1, 1856
Jeremiah R. Brown writes from Hudson, Ohio, to Samuel and Florella Adair in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory. Brown reports he has raised funds to send to Kansas Territory and mentions other…
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Rachel Garrison to Samuel L. Adair
Date: April 17, 1857
Rachel A. Garrison, the widow of Samuel L. Adair’s cousin, David Garrison, writes Adair about the family’s land claim in Kansas. She notes that a new pro-slavery “skamp” (Walker) had…
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James Garrison to Samuel L. Adair
Date: February 27, 1857
James Garrison write his cousin, Samuel L. Adair, about the prospects for Kansas Territory and about being harassed by ruffians. Garrison states his belief that only a large migration of…
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James Garrison to Samuel L. Adair
Date: December 29, 1856
James Garrison writes to his cousin, Samuel L. Adair, that he has collected $104.75 to be used for relief in Kansas. Garrison is concerned about how to get the money…
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Certificate for town lots, Leavenworth, Kansas Territory
Date: October 17, 1854
The certificate, issued to Henry Miles Moore, secretary of the Kansas Territory’s Leavenworth Town Association, details the town lots distributed to Moore as a town association shareholder. Moore holds four…
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Rachel Garrison to Samuel L. Adair
Date: December 16, 1856
Rachel A. Garrison, David Garrison’s widow, writes from Yellow Springs, Ohio, with instructions to Samuel L. Adair to settle her family’s affairs in Kansas Territory. She wants to try to…
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Janett Barringer to Henry Miles Moore
Date: October 16, 1854
Janett Barringer, writing from Mineral Pointe, Wisconsin, sought to purchase a Leavenworth town lot from Henry Miles Moore, secretary of the Leavenworth Town Association, Kansas Territory. Barringer proposed to pay…
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Gamaliel Garrison to Samuel L. Adair
Date: Probably December 15, 1856
Gamaliel Garrison is writing to his nephew, Samuel L. Adair, from Yellow Springs, Ohio, after returning from Osawatomie, Kansas Territory. He writes of the death of his son, David Garrison,…
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Minutes, Leavenworth Association, Kansas Territory
Date: July 26, 1854
The Leavenworth Association met on July 26, 1854, at the house of G. B. Panton “on the tract of the Association’s land” in Kansas Territory. These meeting minutes list the…
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Minutes, Leavenworth Association, Kansas Territory
Date: July 7, 1854
The Leavenworth Association met on July 7, 1854, at the house of G. B. Panton “on the tract of the Association’s land” in Kansas Territory. The meeting minutes include resolutions…
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Minutes, Leavenworth Association, Kansas Territory
Date: June 22, 1854
The minutes describe a June 22, 1854, meeting in Weston, Missouri, at which Leavenworth Town Association members elected officers. George W. Gist was elected president; H. Miles Moore was elected…
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Bellemont, Kansas Territory
Date: 1859
This is an 1859 stereopticon view of Bellemont, Doniphan County, Kansas Territory, photographed by the Bierstadt Bros., Photographers, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Indian pony, Kansas Territory
Date: 1859
An 1859 view of “Indian Poney, Kansas,” photographed by the Bierstadt Bros., Photographers, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Shoshone warrior
Date: 1859
An 1859 view of “Shoshone Warrior Na,” photographed by the Bierstadt Bros., Photographers, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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Wolf River ford, Kansas Territory
Date: 1859
An 1859 view of Wolf River Ford in Doniphan County, Kansas Territory, photographed by the Bierstadt Bros., Photographers, of New Bedford, Massachusetts. This crossing was on the Oregon Trail.
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Ford of the Little Blue, Kansas Territory
Date: 1859
An 1859 view of the “Ford of the Little Blue, Kansas,” photographed by Bierstadt Bros., Photographers, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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M. S. Cecilia Sherman to Sara Robinson
Date: May 25, 1856
Margaret Sarah Cecilia (Mrs. John) Sherman writs Sara (Mrs. Charles) Robinson on May 25, 1856, regarding Governor Robinson’s captivity to date. He had been arrested on May 10, 1856, at…
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Draft letter, written by Amos Lawrence, for Sara Robinson
Date: 1856
According to Frank W. Blackmar, who reprinted this document in the appendix of his book, “The Life of Charles Robinson” (1901), this is “a draft of a letter sent by…
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Nanthaniel P. Banks to Charles Robinson
Date: March 19, 1856
Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Congressman from Massachusetts, writes Robinson from Washington on March 19, 1856, to forward John Frémont’s letter and to encourage its publication in Kansas Territory. The…