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Affidavit of Forsyth H. Taff made before Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Kansas Territory, Samuel D. Lecompte. Taff accused John Brown, J. B. Abbott, Samuel Walker, and Charles Lenhart of raiding the town of Franklin on August 12, 1856.
Date: August 26, 1856
Item Number: 307606
Call Number: Kansas Territory, U.S. District Court, Criminal Case Files, 1855-1860, Bi-Bu, Box 5, Folder 45
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307606
Collections - State Archives
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Franklin (Douglas County)
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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