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John McCannon, who had once served as Quartermaster for the Kansas free state militia, wrote from Little Osage, Kansas Territory, to James Abbott in Lawrence, Kansas. McCannon reported that peace reigned in the area in the wake of the Marais des Cygnes Massacre of the past May. Referring to the current Constitutional controversy, he proclaimed, "Lecompton can not live on the Osage," as there were not enough proslavery supporters in the area to approve it were it put to a popular vote. McCannon did not seem to be concerned that U.S. troops had recently arrived at Fort Scott, for reasons unknown to him, as local towns thrived and crops flourished.
Creator: McCannon, John
Date: July 24, 1858
Item Number: 6975
Call Number: James Abbott Coll. Box 2 Folder 11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6975
Agriculture - Crops
Business and Industry - Agricultural Industries - Milling - Mills
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials - Sawmills
Collections - Manuscript - Abbott, James
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Environment - Natural resources - Coal
Environment - Natural resources - Timber
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Rivers - Little Osage
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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