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This letter from Frank Walker was written in Mound City, Linn County, Kansas Territory. He described his plans to acquire land, and his hope that it would increase in value to $40 per acre in less than ten years. He recounted an incident in which someone named Byron was shot through the right thigh by "the Missourians" during an encounter between Byron and six other free staters against forty-six men.
Creator: Walker, Frank
Date: April 10, 1859
Item Number: 6220
Call Number: Misc., Frank Walker
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6220
Collections - Manuscript - Miscellaneous
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Counties - Linn
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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