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A letter written by Judge Warren Jay Woodward, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Kansas Territorial Governor Andrew Horatio Reeder, regarding the controversy between anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces in Kansas. Woodward feels that anti-slavery movement will prevail as more northern emigrants settle in the state. A complete transcription is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Creator: Woodward, Warren Jay
Date: February 15, 1855
Item Number: 217295
Call Number: Mershon Collection of Andrew Reeder Family Archives
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217295
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Reeder, Andrew H
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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