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James B. Abbott, as secretary of the 10th district committee of the Free State party, prepared this broadside to advertise a meeting to nominate two Senators and seven Representatives for the Legislature. Abbott wrote that the district included the following precincts: "Fish's Hotel, Palmyra, Blanton, Willow Springs, Franklin, Lawrence, and Benicia." The meeting was to be held in Lawrence on July 25, 1857.
Creator: Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Date: July 25, 1857
Item Number: 7628
Call Number: Port Vault K 329 F875m 1857
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7628
Collections - Library
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poster
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Places - Cities and towns - Baldwin City
Places - Cities and towns - Blanton
Places - Cities and towns - Franklin (Douglas County)
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Palmyra
Places - Cities and towns - Willow Springs
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Rivers - Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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