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Robert S. Stevens, a Democratic attorney who had a variety of financial interests in Kansas during the 1850s and 1860s, writes this letter to Samuel N. Wood from Washington, D.C. Stevens seems to be lobbying for a number of concessions for himself and Kansas Territory. Specifically, Stevens writes of mail routes and "grants for R Rr" [railroads], which would not be forthcoming because of the Republicans who "care[d] nothing about us [Kansas] except so far as political capital can be made." Much of the letter is a condemnation of the Republican Party, which Stevens describes as holding up Kansas admission so the delay could be used against the Democrats. The final page addresses government action, or inaction, with regard to Indian treaties and land.
Creator: Stevens, Robert S.
Date: April 2, 1860
Item Number: 90355
Call Number: Samuel N. Wood Coll. #548
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90355
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Manuscript - Wood, Samuel N.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Wyandotte Constitution
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - Notable Kansans - Stevens, Robert S.
People - Notable Kansans - Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
People - Notable People - Douglas, Stephen A., 1813-1861
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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