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Martin Stowell, from Nebraska City, Nebraska, is writing to Reverend Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Stowell and other members of his company from Massachusetts had been driven out of Kansas Territory. Fortunately, none of them had been placed under arrest. Stowell had just returned from Lexington, Kansas Territory, and writes that he had "left Brown there in as comfortable circumstances as I could." The identity of Brown is unclear. The "Plymouth men" in Lexington had stolen their flour and tools which they had hidden in a neighbor's haystack. Stowell inquires about the news revolving around the upcoming Presidential election and other news from the East.
Creator: Stowell, Martin
Date: October 27, 1856
Item Number: 90656
Call Number: Thomas W. Higginson Coll. #380 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90656
Collections - Manuscript - Higginson, Thomas W.
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Elections
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Places - Cities and towns - De Soto
Places - Cities and towns - Lexington
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Other States - Nebraska
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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