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This letter, written by Orville C. Brown from Osawatomie, was addressed to Mr. Ward. For the most part, it related information about the development of Osawatomie and various land claims, including a discussion about the boundaries of the town.
Creator: Brown, Orville Chester, 1811-1904
Date: March 26, 1856
Item Number: 2665
Call Number: Orville Chester Brown Coll. #301 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2665
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, Orville Chester
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, Orville C.
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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