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Date: May 10, 1857
E. B. Whitman (letter not signed, but author’s identity is pretty clear), an agent in Lawrence for the National Kansas Committee, wrote Franklin Sanborn in Massachusetts regarding his disappointment with…
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Date: April 30, 1857
On April 30 after he had received correspondence from Brown (still in Springfield, Mass.), Holmes wrote again in reply and to further explain the state of affairs in Kansas. He…
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Date: April 30, 1857
From Lawrence, on April 30, 1857, Holmes wrote to urge Brown to contact him directly regarding the ominous state of affairs in the territory at that time. Acting governor Frederick…
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Date: April 29, 1857
Brown’s blacksmith, Charles Blair, wrote from Collinsville that he had received a draft for $200 and would be pleased to proceed with the completion of the first half of Brown’s…
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Date: April 23, 1857
One of Brown’s devoted “Christian friends,” Joseph Bryant, New York, wrote to pledge his continued support, both financial and spiritual; although Bryant was “poor in purse,” he could give some…
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Date: April 15, 1857
On April 15, 1857, Blair wrote Brown regarding the latter’s report to him that the National Kansas Committee had turned down his request for funds to cover the first payment…
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Date: April 4, 1857
From Chicago, National Kansas Committee secretary H. B. Hurd sent John Brown a copy of a resolution passed by the committee on April 1, 1857: first, in light of the…
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Date: March 30, 1857
Thayer, the president of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote Brown from his home in Worcester, Mass., that he (Thayer) and his associates had “not the remotest idea of…
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Date: March 30, 1857
Executed on March 30, 1857, with this agreement Blair promised to produce and deliver “One Thousand Spears; with handles fitted of equal quality to one doz already made and sent…
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Date: March 24, 1857
James Greene, who had spent two years in Kansas himself, wrote from his Jefferson (hometown of Senator Benjamin F. Wade), Ashtabula Co., Ohio, newspaper office (Ashtabula Sentinel) to inform his…
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Date: March 20, 1857
While John Brown was touring the East in March of 1857 he received this letter from Amos Lawrence, Boston, who informed Brown that he (Lawrence) had recently “sent to Kansas…
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Date: March 20, 1857
During his 1857 fund raising tour, Brown made arrangements with a Connecticut blacksmith, Charles Blair, for the production of a number of spears or “pikes” for use in the Kansas…
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Date: March 19, 1857
In this brief follow up to his March 18 letter, Eli Thayer wrote Brown to say that “next Monday” would be a good time for Brown’s speech on “the free…
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Date: March 18, 1857
In this brief letter from Worcester, Mass., Eli Thayer wrote Brown with regard to his appearance at Concord and possibility of Brown coming to Worcester.
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Date: March 12, 1857
In this brief letter to his family from Springfield, Mass., John Brown mentioned letters from some of the children and his speaking engagements in Connecticut, specifically at Canton “where both…
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Date: March 11, 1857
From Louisville, Kentucky, W. F. N. Arny wrote to inform Brown of the contents of the 14 boxes of clothing Arny had prepared for shipment to “J.B.” in care of…
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Date: March 9, 1857
According to S. G. Hubbard who wrote Brown on March 9, 1857, “arrangements for the Hall have fallen through” in his city of New Haven, and Brown might have to…
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Date: March 9, 1857
In this letter of support from Boston, March 9, 1857, Brigham told Brown how he had been moved by the “touching appeal” in the New York Tribune of March 4…
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Date: March 6, 1857
During his funding raising tour, Brown wrote his wife from Hartford, Connecticut, regarding family matters and finances, and about the press coverage he was getting: “I shall send you some…
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Date: March 2, 1857
From New Haven, Connecticut, S. G. Hubbard, “Yours for Free Kansas,” wrote John Brown about a date for his forthcoming meeting in that city.
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Date: Around March, 1857
During the spring of 1857, John Brown traveled to several Northeastern cities (specifically, in Brown’s home state of Connecticut) to solicit financial support for the Kansas crusade. In the speech…
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Date: [1855]
This document was an undated “Mem. Of Stock in Towns,” which appeared to have been written in longhand by Reeder himself and included the number of shares he had purchased…
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Date: February 19, 1857
Amos Lawrence, Boston, sent John Brown $70 which had been donated by the people of East Jaffrey, New Hampshire, for Brown’s “own personal use, & not for the cause in…
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Date: February 18, 1857
On National Kansas Committee letterhead, assistant secretary Horace White wrote Brown from Chicago to say that the items Brown had requested were being gathered and shipped.
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Date: January 24, 1857
“At a meeting of the National Kansas Committee held at the Astor House in the City of New York,” January 1, 1857, it was resolved that $5,000 should be committed…
