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This document contains brief affidavit statements made by several free state supporters of the character and personal habits of William and Henry Sherman, and Allen Wilkinson, who were described as "intemperate" men. William Sherman and Allen Wilkinson were among the five pro-slavery settlers killed in the Pottawatomie Massacre in May, 1856. The document is written in the same hand (suggesting that its statements were either recorded or copied by the same person), and is identified as "Potawatomie, Franklin County, Kansas Territory, June 12, 1856."
Creator: Grant, John T.
Date: June 12, 1856
Item Number: 90210
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 5 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90210
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable Kansans - Sherman, Henry
People - Notable Kansans - Sherman, William
People - Notable Kansans - Wilkinson, Allen
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Counties - Franklin
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90210