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This written account reports on the incidents surrounding the murder of Charles Dow, including various skirmishes and military action which followed, leading up to the Wakarusa War. Dow was a free state supporter and was murdered by Franklin Coleman, who, according to Goodnow, had turned proslavery only after coming to Kansas Territory.
Creator: Goodnow, Isaac T. (Isaac Tichenor), 1814-1894
Date: 1856
Item Number: 3643
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357, Box 2 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3643
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
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 - Doy, Charles
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Missouri
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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