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James Garrison write his cousin, Samuel L. Adair, about the prospects for Kansas Territory and about being harassed by ruffians. Garrison states his belief that only a large migration of free state supporters to Kansas in the spring would prevent it from becoming a slave state and describes pro-slavery plans to prevent emigration to Kansas.
Creator: Garrison, James
Date: February 27, 1857
Item Number: 90265
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 4 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90265
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Home and Family - Activities
Home and Family - Families - Extended family
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Men
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Ohio
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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