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These two petitions relate to efforts to rebuild the Free State Hotel. The first petition is from the citizens of Kansas to hotel owner Shalor W. Eldridge urging him to rebuild his business and promise their assistance. The second petition is from citizens and property owners in Lawrence urging the City of Lawrence to issue $10,000 of bonds to aid in the rebuilding of the hotel. The bonds would be paid in six, eight, and ten years at a rate of 6% per year. The hotel, along with many other Lawrence businesses and homes, was burned down during Quantrill's Raid on August 21, 1863.
Date: 1863
Item Number: 225619
Call Number: History, Lawrence Coll. #611, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225619
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - hotel-don't use
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Manuscript - History - Lawrence
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Government and Politics - Local Government - Municipal
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Petition
People - Notable Kansans - Eldridge, Shalor W.
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Petition
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/225619
