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Walker wrote to his family from Mound City, Linn County, Kansas Territory, to report that he had $10 left but could obtain all the work he wanted at $25 per month. He liked the county, and intended to plant corn on eighteen acres he had "taken," and to preempt his claim the next fall (it was not yet open). Part of the letter refers to his recent imprisonment (at a tavern in Lawrence) for some unexplained cause that had been dismissed by a judge for lack of evidence.
Creator: Walker, Frank
Date: March 24, 1859
Item Number: 6216
Call Number: Misc., Frank Walker
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6216
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Corn
Collections - Manuscript - Miscellaneous
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisoners
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/6216