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Transcription of a letter from the Amos Adams Lawrence Collection, Massachusetts Historical Society. Samuel N. Simpson wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Amos A. Lawrence in Massachusetts regarding the poverty in which Gaius Jenkins' family found themselves. James Lane had killed Jenkins in 1858 over a land claim, and it appeared that he was now taking measures to "keep her [Mrs. Jenkins] poor as long as possible." Simpson reminded Lawrence of his request to pay Jenkins fifty dollars as compensation for his imprisonment by federal troops at Camp Sackett, near Lecompton, in 1856. Jenkins had declined the payment at the time, but Simpson now solicited it on behalf of his widow and family.
Creator: Simpson, Samuel Newell
Date: December 22, 1860
Item Number: 3684
Call Number: History University of Kansas #651 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3684
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of - General Land Office
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 - State Government - Governors - Robinson, Charles
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Facilities - Camps
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Transcript
People - Notable Kansans - Jenkins, Gaius
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Simpson, Samuel Newell
People - Notable People - Lawrence, Amos A., 1814-1886
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Transcript
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