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These two letters from Mary Savage detail her experience with Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas. Mary describes seeing homes and businesses burning and women trying to put the fires out, hiding in nearby fields so not to be seen by Quantrill's men, to taking care of the wounded and dead after the raiders left.
Creator: Savage, Mary
Date: October 1863-November 1863
Item Number: 225701
Call Number: Misc., Mary Savage Box 1 Folder 24
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225701
Collections - Manuscript - Miscellaneous - Misc.: Sa - Savage, Mary
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Fires
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Arson
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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