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On August 27, 1856, from Tabor, Iowa, Owen Brown wrote to tell his mother that according to all accounts "Father is the most daring courageous man in Kansas" and to relate other happenings in K.T. involving Jim Lane and Governor Shannon. Another invasion from Missouri was rumored, but free state recruits were assembling and "the Missourians are trembling in their Boots."
Creator: Brown, Owen, 1824-1889
Date: August 27, [1856]
Item Number: 4300
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 17
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4300
Agriculture - Crops
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Shannon, Wilson
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Woodson, Daniel (acting)
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Iowa
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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