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Date: 1857 or 1858?
This roll list identifies the members of the Potawatomie Rifles, Company B, of the Kansas free state militia. Under the direction of Captain Jacob Benjamin, the men were listed by…
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Date: December 22, 1857
James Abbott, serving as a Colonel in the Kansas free state militia wrote from a military skirmish in Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Elizabeth, in Lawrence. He had…
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Date: December 19 and 21, 1857
This staff roll of regimental officers of the First Regiment, Kansas Militia, lists officers present in a skirmish at Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, on December 19 and 21, 1857. Major…
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Date: November 16, 1857
Attorneys Knox & Kellogg wrote from St. Louis to James Abbott in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, responding to a lawsuit brought against them by Samuel Cabot. Cabot held them responsible for…
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Date: October 21, 1857
William Hutchinson, Secretary of the Kansas Central Committee, informed James Abbott of his appointment to a secret, investigative committee created to “expose the recent frauds upon the elective franchise, and…
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Date: October 15, 1857
James Lane ordered James Abbott to gather his brigade and have them in Lecompton by early morning on the following Monday. The order is, perhaps, a response to the results…
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Date: September 7, 1857
James Abbott wrote from his travels in Hartford, Connecticut, to James Lane, General of the Kansas free state militia. Abbott was attempting to raise money and supplies for the free…
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Date: December 17, 1857
James Lane, Major General of the free state militia forces, wrote to General A. W. Philips, ordering him to Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to help “our friends who are there.…
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Date: August 25, 1857
Samuel Cabot, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company Executive Committee, wrote to James Abbott about Abbott’s upcoming trip to St. Louis, in which Abbott would claim some…
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Date: August 3, 1857
E.B. Whitman, Quarter-Master General of the Kansas Volunteers, issued this formal order in response to the Topeka Legislature’s adoption of James Lane’s resolution to organize the people in protection of…
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Date: July 8, 1857
The Delaware Town Company of Lawrence issued this certificate to validate Samuel F. Tappan’s ownership of one share of town stock valued at $500. Investors in Delaware City promoted the…
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Date: 1857?
This “Muster Roll” identifies men of Burlingame Rifles Company C, under the leadership of Captain H.W. Wood, who were “mustered into the service” for the protection of the people of…
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Date: June 28, 1856
Charles W. Topliff, Major General Commanding the Kansas Militia, issued this certificate as validation of James Abbott’s commission to serve as Captain of the 2nd Company B of the Kansas…
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Date: February 25, 1856
This printed letter, addressed to all newly-elected members of the General Assembly, accompanied James Abbott’s certificate of election. The Executive Committee of the General Assembly, which included James Lane and…
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Date: February 19, 1856
Certification of James Abbott’s December 1855 election to the post of Representative for the First Senatorial District in the General Assembly of Kansas under the provisions of the Topeka Constitution.…
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Date: February 1856
Amos A. Lawrence “forwarded” a message he had received from J. C. Palmer of Sharps’ Rifle Manufacturing Company to James B. Abbott in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. Palmer’s note to Lawrence…
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Date: December 10, 1855
Receipt from the Commissary 1st Brigade Kansas Volunteers listing arms and equipment, along with their prices, allotted to James Abbott.
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Date: December 8, 1855
Charles Robinson, Commander-in-Chief of the free state military forces, wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Grosvenor P. Lowry, captain of a free state militia regiment, instructing Lowry to attach his…
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Date: October 24, 1855
Frederick Law Olmstead wrote a short note from New York to James B. Abbott in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, confirming the shipment of a howitzer cannon and its accessories. It was…
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Date: October 7, 1855
Frederick Law Olmstead, a New York free state fundraiser and landscape architect, wrote to James B. Abbott to report he had ordered “the instrument” [howitzer cannon], and that it would…
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Date: October 4, 1855
Frederick Law Olmstead, a New York free state fundraiser and landscape architect, wrote to James B. Abbott, informing him of his recent trouble securing contributions enough to purchase substantial amounts…
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Date: September 17, 1855
Frederick Law Olmstead, a free state fundraiser and landscape architect who would later design New York City’s Central Park, wrote from New York to James Abbott, reporting of his own…
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Date: September 5, 1855
This printed invitation announced the New York visit of Kansas Territory’s James Abbott and his appointment to speak about “the Triumph of Freedom over Slavery in that vicinity” to interested…
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Date: September 21, 1855
Mark Howard wrote from Hartford, Connecticut, to James B. Abbott. Howard enclosed a check with his letter, and asked Abbott “to expence this am’t in such a manner as will…
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Date: September 15, 1855
Seth Padelford wrote from Providence, Rhode Island, to James Abbot in Hartford, Conneticut. Padelford confirmed receipt of Abbott’s telegraph the day before, and sent him a check for $100 in…
