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This correspondence is between George Luther Stearns and several prominent abolitionists, including Colonel James Montgomery, George W. Collamore, Mary A. Brown, and John Brown, Jr. Included is a circular from the Office of the Kansas Relief Committee, of which Stearns was chairman, seeking clothing and other goods. Stearns received letters from individuals, wholesalers, retailers, and charitable organizations relating to the donation of various articles, goods, and money. It is also discussed how these donations, especially clothing, would benefit the 2nd and 3rd Regiments. A letter from Eleanor S. Deane includes a poem entitled, "To the Little Boys and Girls of Kansas."
Date: 1861-1862
Item Number: 225865
Call Number: George L. and Mary E. Stearns Coll. #507, Box 1 Folders 3-5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225865
Collections - Manuscript - Stearns, George L
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Home and Family - Clothing
Military - Service - Army - Infantry - 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units - US Volunteers - 1st Kansas Colored Infantry
Military - Weapons - Firearms - Rifles
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, Jr.
People - Notable Kansans - Jennison, Charles Ransford, 1834-1884
People - Notable Kansans - Montgomery, James, 1814-1871
People - Notable People - Stearns, George L.
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
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