A resident of Lawrence, Kansas Territory, and correspondent from the New York Tribune, William Hutchinson writes his wife Helen from Mapleton, northern Bourbon County, right after the first of the year, 1859, to tell her about "the wars" in the southern part of the territory and about the activities of "Old" John Brown and his followers. Hutchinson met with the "war council," as well as with James Montgomery, advised against "rash measures," and, with Montgomery, participated in a large meeting of the citizens "to devise a plan for peace." (A note on the back of page 4, by R.J. Hinton, reads, "Copied by my wife from original. Interesting." A good number of the documents in this folder are copies--mostly handwritten.)
Date: January 3, 1859
Creator: Hutchinson, William , 1823-1904
Item Number: 90076
Call Number: Richard Hinton Coll. #384 Box 1 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90076
Collections - Manuscript - Hinton, Richard
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Cities and towns - Mansfield (formerly Moneka)
Places - Cities and towns - Moneka
Places - Cities and towns - Paola
Places - Cities and towns - Trading Post
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Counties - Miami
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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