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Willis Gorman, the Governor of Minnesota attaches an appeal from James Lane and Charles Robinson to his message to the speaker of the House of Representatives dated February 18, 1856. The appeal from Kansas Territory is dated January 22, 1856. It requests assistance because Kansas Territory faces "an overwhelming force of the Citizens of Missouri" organized on the Missouri border for invasion of Kansas. Gorman's message to the legislature indicates the extra legal status of the Free State Government headed by Robison and urges non intervention.
Creator: Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Date: February 18, 1856
Item Number: 90191
Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Coll. #488 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90191
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Manuscript - Robinson, Charles and Sara
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Minnesota - St. Paul
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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