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Jonathan Crews, writing from LaPorte, Indiana, expressed strong proslavery views on the situation in Kansas. Crews described his trip home to Indiana from Kansas and discussed several Indiana court cases involving his business interests.
Creator: Crews, Jonathan
Date: November 21, 1856
Item Number: 2397
Call Number: Thomas Nesbit Stinson Coll. #511 Box 1 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2397
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Collections - Manuscript - Stinson, Thomas Nesbit
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Men
People - Notable Kansans - Stinson, Thomas N.
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Places - Other States - Indiana
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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