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Letter, John Brown to Orson Day Esqr. Author: Brown, John , 1800-1859 Date: December 14, 1855 In mid-December 1855, John Brown wrote to Orson Day (a brother in law) of White Hall, New York, from Browns Station, Kansas Territory, regarding the "Kansas War" (Wakarusa War) from which he had "just returned." The territory was, according to Brown, "now entirely in the power of the Free State men," and he continued to "believe the Missourians will give up all further hope of making Kansas a Slave State." Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: John Brown Collection, #299, Box 1, Folder 15 Item Number: 102510 Number of images: 2 Keywords: Brown, John, 1800-1859; Browns Station, Kansas Territory; Firearms; Free state cause; Free state constitutions; Missourians; Proslavery prospects; Slaves in Kansas Territory; Topeka Constitution; Wakarusa War, November-December 1855 |
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