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Mrs. E. L. Partridge writes Samuel L. Adair to report upon the condition of her husband, William, who is a prisoner in Tecumseh, Kansas Territory. Mr. Partridge was one of the free state men arrested after the May 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre of five pro-slavery settlers. Mrs. Partridge describes her husband's health and his prospects for being released.
Creator: Partridge, E. L. (Mrs. William)
Date: December 28, 1856
Item Number: 90214
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 5 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90214
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Shawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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