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Letter, Your Affectionate Husband & Father [John Brown] to Dear Wife [Mary Brown] & Children every one Author: Brown, John , 1800-1859 Date: April 7, 1856 From "Brown's Station" in the southeastern corner of Franklin County, K.T., Brown wrote the family about a variety of matters, including family finances/business interests and, as usual, his faith in God ("trust us to the care of 'Him who feeds the young Ravens when they cry'"). Brown also mentioned the house they were building for Orson Day, his brother in law, and the "rumors" of what was to come in the political arena. "For one I have no desire (all things considered) to have the Slave Power cease from its acts of aggression. 'Their foot shall slide in due time.'" Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: John Brown Collection, #299, Box 1, Folder 16 Item Number: 102528 Number of images: 1 Keywords: Bleeding Kansas; Brown, John, 1800-1859; Brown, Watson, 1835-1859; Day, Orson; Free state activities; Free state cause; Proslavery activities; Slave power; Thompson, Ruth (Brown); United States. District Court (Kansas Territory) |
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