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Executed on March 30, 1857, with this agreement Blair promised to produce and deliver "One Thousand Spears; with handles fitted of equal quality to one doz already made and sent to Springfield, Mass." Specifications are briefly described, and then the contract reads: "In consideration whereof, John Brown late of Kansas" agreed to make a partial payment of $500 within ten days and another $450 as a final payment thirty days later.
Creator: Blair, Charles
Date: March 30, 1857
Item Number: 4501
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 21
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4501
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Contract
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Other States - Connecticut
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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