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According to Frank W. Blackmar, who reprinted this document in the appendix of his book, "The Life of Charles Robinson" (1901), this is "a draft of a letter sent by Amos A. Lawrence to be re-written and signed by Mrs. Sara Robinson and addressed to Mrs. Lawrence, a relative of President Pierce and the mother of Amos A. Lawrence. Blackmar indicates that the letter, which concerns Charles Robinson's imprisonment (from May 10 to September 10, 1856) in Kansas Territory, was subsequently sent by Mrs. Lawrence to Mrs. Pierce, wife of the President, who gave it to President Pierce to read.
Creator: Lawrence, Amos Adams
Date: 1856
Item Number: 90234
Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Coll. #488 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90234
Collections - Manuscript - Robinson, Charles and Sara
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Pierce, Franklin
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Shannon, Wilson
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Sara T. L. (Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911
People - Notable People - Lawrence, Amos A., 1814-1886
People - Notable People - Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Leavenworth
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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