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A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Natchez, Mississippi, addressed to Mrs. Brown, wife of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence, Kansas. Webber discusses reading accounts of the raid on Lawrence in the Cincinnati newspapers. He also describes camp life in Natchez, and shares a rumor that the troops may soon go to Kansas.
Creator: Webber, L. R.
Date: September 5, 1863
Item Number: 220193
Call Number: John Stillman Brown Coll. #300, Box 2, Correspondence 1863
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220193
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John Stillman
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Military - Wars - Civil War
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units
Military - Wars - Civil War - Quantrill's raid
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Mississippi
Places - Other States - Ohio - Cincinnati
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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