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A letter written by Charles Robinson, from Rolmer depot near Boston, Massachusetts, to his wife, Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson. A portion of the first page has been removed. The letter contains family and personal information. At one point in the letter, he asks for her forgiveness while he works to secure a free state for Kansas. A searchable, full-text version of this letter is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Creator: Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Date: January 27, 1857
Item Number: 225116
Call Number: Charles and Sara Robinson Coll. #488
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225116
Collections - Manuscript - Robinson, Charles and Sara
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Sara T. L. (Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/225116