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Letter, J. G. Anderson to "Dear Brother" Author: Anderson, J. G. Date: August 23, 1857 Writing to his brother from Barnesville (Bourbon County) on August 28, 1857, Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson, a native of Indiana and follower of James Montgomery in southeast Kansas, described a variety of mundane matters regarding conditions in Kansas, including land claims and the construction of a steam sawmill on the river. Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Richard Hinton Collection, #384, Box 1, Folder 7 Item Number: 103049 Number of images: 2 Keywords: Border disputes and warfare - Free state perspective; Bourbon County, Kansas Territory; County seats; Crops; Farmers; Free state settlers; Missouri; Proslavery settlers; Sawmills; Sickness (see Illness); Timber claim |
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