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R. P. Bourn, writing from Nicholasville, Kentucky, addressed this letter to Franklin Crane of Topeka, Kansas Territory. Bourn stated his anti-slavery beliefs clearly, and discussed politics both in Kansas and at the national level, including the Presidential election of 1856.
Creator: Bourn, R. P.
Date: October 18, 1856
Item Number: 7548
Call Number: Franklin Loomis Crane Coll. #320 Box 1 Scrapbook
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7548
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Manuscript - Crane, Franklin Loomis
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Buchanan, James
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Geary, John White
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Crane, Franklin Loomis
People - Notable People - Douglas, Stephen A., 1813-1861
People - Notable People - Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
People - Notable People - Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
People - Notable People - Geary, John W.
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Kentucky
Places - Other States - Missouri
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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