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"Ottawa Jones," a mixed-blood Indian who lived on Ottawa Creek in Franklin Co., wrote John Brown on October 13, 1857, regarding a financial claim/account that he was trying unsuccessfully to collect on for his friend, Brown. Jones closed by asking God to bless and reward Brown in his struggle "to bring about liberty for all men."
Creator: Jones, John Tecumseh (Tauy)
Date: October 13, 1857
Item Number: 4624
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 28
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4624
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
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Counties - Franklin
Places - Rivers
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/4624
