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Napolean B. Blanton prepared this itemized list. Blanton of Douglas County operated a toll bridge over the Wakarusa River in Douglas County south of Lawrence, Kansas Territory. The total bill is for $191.26, including provisions and tolls: "I have thrown my bridge open free for the freestate party from the 15th of May to the 20th of September. . ."
Creator: Blanton, Napoleon Bonaparte
Date: May 15, 1856
Item Number: 90464
Call Number: James Blood Coll. # 281 Box 1 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90464
Business and Industry - Retail
Collections - Manuscript - Blood, James
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Invoice/bill
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Rivers - Wakarusa
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Bridges
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
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