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Samuel G. Howe, a member of the National Kansas Committee, writes this letter to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson, a supporter of abolitionist John Brown and an agent for the Massachusetts Kansas Aid Committee. The letter concerns a woman whom Higginson had unknowingly referred to as a "gentleman" in a previous communication. The "gentle lady" has supplied the money for some pistols for the free staters and had also contributed a great deal of money to the Kansas free state cause.
Creator: Howe, Samuel G.
Date: December 18, 1856
Item Number: 90704
Call Number: Thomas W. Higginson Coll. #380 Box 1 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90704
Collections - Manuscript - Higginson, Thomas W.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
People - Women
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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