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Mary Holliday of Meadville, Pennsylvania, wrote to her husband, Cyrus K. Holliday, likely at Philadelphia. She had returned from a trip to Wooster, Ohio. She reported improved Kansas Territory conditions from one of William D. Paul's letters. Mary was eager to leave for K. T., especially since many Meadville children, including Lillie, were ill, and requested that Cyrus buy household articles. Mary reported that McFarland of Democrat James Buchanan's campaign had bribed voters. Could women vote, John C. Fremont would be elected, she declared. She enclosed a letter to free state governor William Y. Roberts and instructed him to visit Charley Ottinger.
Creator: Holliday, Mary Dillon, 1833-1908
Date: October 23, 1856
Item Number: 2853
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2853
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Suffrage - Women
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Women's rights
Home and Family - Children - Girls
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Household equipment
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Notable People - Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
People - Notable People - Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
People - Women
Places - Other States - Ohio
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Meadville
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia
Places - Regions - Eastern Kansas
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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