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James H. Lane wrote from Falls City, Nebraska Territory, to John Brown in Tabor, Iowa, urging Brown to get guns and ammunition to Kansas as soon as possible. Lane wanted Brown's help in preventing proslavery supporters from disrupting the October 7, 1857, election for representatives to the territorial legislature.
Creator: Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Date: September 29, 1857
Item Number: 4607
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 27
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4607
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Ammunition
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Armament - Armament, Ammunition
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Other States - Iowa
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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