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Nearly two months into his Kansas Territory assignment, Marsh reports several significant observations about the Free State Party: Governor Walker's apparent commitment to a fair canvas, the rapidly approaching territorial election (October, 1857), and the money so far spent and needed for the campaign. He also observes that the Constitutional Convention was opening in Lecompton, and writes: "If you could see the town, and people of Lecompton, and had the opportunity that I have had to witness their Plantation Manners--I think you would at once be reminded of the Scriptural inquiry, 'Can any good thing, come out of Nazareth?'"
Creator: Marsh, Thomas J.
Date: September 7, 1857
Item Number: 90591
Call Number: George L. Stearns Coll. #507
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90591
Collections - Manuscript - Stearns, George L
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Walker, Robert John
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Stearns, George L.
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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