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This letter, presumably written by Orville Chester Brown, is an excellent example of a free state perspective on the events of 1856 in Kansas Territory. Speaking in rather eloquent terms, the author expresses anger at the United States government for their refusal to aid free state settlers.
Date: June 24, 1856
Item Number: 2668
Call Number: Orville Chester Brown Coll. #301 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2668
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, Orville Chester
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Freedmen's Relief Association
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government
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 - Service - Army
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
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/2668