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Robert L. Mitchell wrote from Topeka, Kansas Territory to Cyrus K. Holliday, president of the Topeka Town Association, who was in Pennsylvania. Holliday had returned to his home state, nicknamed "Key stone," to speak on behalf of the free state cause and John C. Fremont. Mitchell requested Beecher Bibles and reported arrests of free state men, including [Carmi William] Babcock, the Lawrence postmaster. Mitchell withheld details since Holliday's name had gained notoriety in Missouri. A post script mentioned the October 6th election and discussed the upcoming trial of John Rich[ie] and Charles A. Sexton.
Creator: Mitchell, Robert L.
Date: October 12, 1856
Item Number: 2847
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2847
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery - Law and Order
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Firearms - Rifles
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Notable Kansans - Ritchie, John, 1817-1887
People - Notable People - Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
People - Notable People - Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Missouri
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Meadville
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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