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James Blood was involved with the first party of New England Emigrant Aid Company settlers who arrived to Kansas in late July 1854. Blood was actively engaged from the beginning in the free-state movement. He served as treasurer of the Kansas State Central Committee, 1856-1857, as a member of the Topeka legislature, 1856, as the first mayor of Lawrence in 1857, as a member of the central territorial committee at the Republican Party's organizing convention in May 1859, as county treasurer in the early 1860s, and as a representative from Lawrence in the 1869 state legislature. He died in Lawrence on February 4, 1891. This folder of correspondence focuses on the years 1854 to 1861, with some letters discussing border problems with Missouri and the need for additional troops and artillery.
Date: 1854-1861
Item Number: 225951
Call Number: James Blood Coll. #281, Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225951
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Manuscript - Blood, James
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State - Kansas State Central Committee
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Blood, James
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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