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Frederick Law Olmstead, a New York free state fundraiser and landscape architect, wrote to James B. Abbott to report he had ordered "the instrument" [howitzer cannon], and that it would be ready to ship in three days time along with its ammunition accessories (excepting powder). Olmstead wrote he would send instructions for its use separately, so that the howitzer may be used to "best effect," which he approximated as "equally effective with a simultaneous fire of 100 muskets" and "worth a dozen field pieces."
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Date: October 7, 1855
Item Number: 6934
Call Number: James Abbott Coll. #252 Box 2 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6934
Collections - Manuscript - Abbott, James
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Artillery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
People - Notable People - Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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