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Kagi writes his father, who was still in Nebraska, regarding his continuing problems with proslavery officials in Lecompton, Kansas Territory. Kagi was arrested again (and quickly made bail). He was nearly killed by a mob while there "to report the proceedings" of the territorial legislature, which opened on January 12, 1857. This was the first legislature to meet in Lecompton. The second page of the letter is written on the back of a printed item "Appeal of Kansas to the Voters of the Free States" from the "Kansas Tribune,"
Creator: Kagi, John Henry, 1835-1859
Date: January 26, 1857
Item Number: 90829
Call Number: Richard Hinton Coll. #384 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90829
Collections - Manuscript - Hinton, Richard
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Kagi, John
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90829