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John W. Whitfield was a proslavery supporter from Tennessee who would subsequently move to Texas to fight for the Confederacy. He was a congressional delegate for Kansas Territory when he wrote this letter to John A. Halderman from Washington, D.C., regarding pending legislation "regulating town sites." It had been difficult to build a consensus for this law, but Whitfield hoped it would pass the current session.
Creator: Whitfield, John W. (John Wilkins), approximately 1826-1879
Date: February 25, 1855
Item Number: 90393
Call Number: John A. Halderman Coll. #370 Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90393
Collections - Manuscript - Halderman, John A.
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Territorial Government
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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