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Samuel Pomeroy, writing from Kansas City, Missouri to J.M.S. Williams, an officer in the New England Emigrant Aid Company, described free state political strategies. Specifically, Pomeroy mentioned free state plans to hold their own election for a delegate to Congress, to call for a constitutional convention, and to push for the admission of Kansas as a free state.
Creator: Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
Date: September 17, 1855
Item Number: 1803
Call Number: New England Emigrant Aid Company, Manuscript Coll. No. 624, Box 1, Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1803
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Shannon, Wilson
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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