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Samuel Tappan writes this letter from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson of Worcester, Massachusetts. Tappan is leaving for Colorado in a week or two, presumably to meet some family members who are working the gold fields there. He mentions Theodore Parker, a supporter of John Brown, who had a terminal illness and passed away while in Italy. Tappan also writes of James Redpath's biography of John Brown, including a portion of the book that discusses a mail coach robbery in the summer of 1856.
Creator: Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), -1913
Date: June 24, 1860
Item Number: 90788
Call Number: Thomas W. Higginson Coll. #380 Box 1 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90788
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - Higginson, Thomas W.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Redpath, James, 1833-1891
People - Notable Kansans - Tappan, Samuel Forster
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Colorado
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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