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One week after arriving at his sons' settlement ("Brownville") near Osawatomie, Brown wrote the family back east that although most were sick when he first arrived, they "appear now to be mending." The trip across Missouri was without incident, except for problems with a sick horse and their "heavy load." Brown then wrote briefly of the Adairs, the "most uncomfortable situation" in which he found his children upon his arrival, and other things including prairie fires and finally the political situation in the territory. In fact, at this early date, John Brown "believe[d] Missouri is fast becoming discouraged about making Kansas a Slave State & think the prospect of its becoming Free is brightening every day."
Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859
Date: October 13, 1855
Item Number: 4247
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 15
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4247
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Horseback riding
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Environment - Weather - Storms
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Activities
Home and Family - Children
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Home and Family - Families - Extended family
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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