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Letter, [John Brown, Jr.?] to [John Brown?] Author: Brown, Jr., John Date: August 16, 1856 Two days after encouraging his father to visit him at the prisoners' "camp" near Lecompton, John Brown, Jr., wrote to say "I had not better try to meet you just now." He thought things looked "favorable" for the free state prisoners and wrote of what he had heard of the Battle of Fort Titus, which took place that very day, August 16, 1856. Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: John Brown Collection, #299, Box 1, Folder 17 Item Number: 102545 Number of images: 2 Keywords: Brown, John, 1800-1859; Brown, John, Jr.; Fort Titus, Battle of; Free state cause; Lecompton, Kansas Territory; Prisoners; Sackett, Delos B.; Titus, Henry Theodore |
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