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The state of Iowa frequently served as a relatively safe haven for abolitionist John Brown and his followers during the late 1850s, and Iowa City was on the famous Lane Trail which carried many free-state activists and settlers to and from Kansas. This document, from "Billings & Bryant," indicates that the partners had received $100 from John Brown as payment "in full for a heavy Horse Waggon" that they agreed "to ship immediately to J B Iowa City, Iowa; care of Dr. Jesse Bowen." Bowen was a member of the Kansas Central Committee of Iowa who later lived in Leavenworth, Kansas Territory.
Creator: Billings & Bryant,
Date: Between 1855 and 1859
Item Number: 4181
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4181
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas State Central Committee
Date - 1854-1860
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Underground Railroad
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State - Kansas State Central Committee
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Bill-of-sale
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Iowa
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Transportation - Trails
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
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