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From Lawrence, Kansas Territory, Charles Robinson updates his wife on developments in and around Lawrence since her departure. Governor John W. Geary had arrived and promises to see that the Missouri militia who were then threatening Lawrence "were disbanded." Robinson goes on to describe a very tense few days in September, beginning on Friday the 12th, involving militia of both sides and the governor. After a brief skirmish on the prairie east of Lawrence, Geary and some U.S. troops arrived and "the Missourians agreed to go home. It was all a farce. . . ."
Creator: Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Date: September 20, 1856
Item Number: 90805
Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Coll. # 488 Box 1 Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90805
Collections - Manuscript - Robinson, Charles and Sara
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Geary, John White
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Sara T. L. (Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Franklin (Douglas County)
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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