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Much of this interesting letter, dated November 21, 1858, from Sumner, Kansas Territory, describes the Ingalls law practice and the nature of a "frontier" court proceedings that often attracted "nearly all the population." According to Ingalls, "the chief difficulty arising [in the courts came] from the conflict of the two Codes, adopted by two hostile legislatures, each of which had adherents who call the other 'bogus.'" Ingalls also discussed the business of land sales, as something many others successfully combined with the practice of law.
Creator: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Date: November 21, 1858
Item Number: 2935
Call Number: John James Ingalls Coll. #177 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2935
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Lawyers
Collections - Manuscript - Ingalls, John James
Community Life - Community services - Courthouses and city halls
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Environment - Natural resources - Coal
Environment - Natural resources - Gold
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Local Government
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Family parties and reunions - Holidays - Thanksgiving
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Men
People - Notable Kansans - Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Places - Cities and towns - Sumner (Atchison)
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - Colorado
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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