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This letter, dated Lawrence, January 11, 1858, is most likely from Samuel C. Smith to Charles Robinson. Smith mentions many of the Free State Party's main actors and issues at that critical time in Kansas politics. He describes the activities of the Legislature, which assembled in Lawrence that January, and devotes considerable attention to the machinations of the "villain" Jim Lane.
Creator: Smith, Samuel C.
Date: January 11, 1858
Item Number: 90328
Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Coll. # 488 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90328
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies
Collections - Manuscript - Robinson, Charles and Sara
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Medary, Samuel
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Service - Militias
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
People - Notable Kansans - Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Railroads - Companies
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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