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Writing from Topeka, Kansas Territory to his wife, Mary Holliday in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Cyrus K. Holliday repeated his previous letter's instructions that neither she nor Mr. Nichols come to Kansas Territory until he wrote again. He mentioned turmoil in district courts and described the positions and numbers of Proslavery forces under General John W. Whitfield and Free-State forces. Colonel Edwin V. Sumner and his federal troops from Fort Leavenworth were attempting to maintain peace.
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: June 9, 1856
Item Number: 2817
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2817
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Notable People - Sumner, Edwin V., 1797-1863
People - Notable People - Whitfield, John W., 1818-1879
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Leavenworth
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Meadville
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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