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The following is a letter from Frank Bradley in New Haven, Connecticut, to Amos Lawrence regarding a check for $150 that Bradley sent to support the organization of the Free State party in Kansas. Antislavery New Englanders often supplied money and resources in order to encourage the Free State settlement of Kansas Territory. The free-state town of Lawrence, in fact, was named after Amos Lawrence. A searchable, full-text version of this letter is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Creator: Bradley, Frank
Date: August 15, 1854
Item Number: 224672
Call Number: George L. & Mary E. Stearns Papers Coll. #507, Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224672
Collections - Manuscript - Stearns, George L
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Lawrence, Amos A., 1814-1886
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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