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This address recounted the history and purpose of the formation of the Kansas State Government of Topeka, in peaceful opposition to that of the Territory. The free state message accused the systems of the Territorial Government of encouraging influence from abroad in their election process, and indicated that they had nothing inherently against Missouri's citizens as a whole, but implored that they not attempt to violate the rights of Kansas settlers. The address stated that the Territory was "organized for defence" by a pledge from Governor Walker, and appealed that outsiders remain in their homes for the benefit of all.
Date: 1857
Item Number: 5291
Call Number: 978.1 Kansas History Pamphlets v.4 no. 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5291
Collections - Library
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Elections
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Walker, Robert John
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Proclamation
People - Notable Kansans - Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
Places - Cities and towns - Big Springs
Places - Cities and towns - Grasshopper Falls
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Jefferson
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Proclamations
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