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A painting of the Free State Hotel, Lawrence, Kansas Territory, by Robert O. Gibbons. In May 1856, the proslavery sheriff of Douglas County, Samuel Jones, led a posse into Lawrence, the major Free-State stronghold. The chief damage was the burning of the Free State Hotel as shown in this painting.
Creator: Gibbons, Robert O.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 90253
Call Number: FK2.D4 L.721 Fre *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90253
Business and Industry - Lodging - Hotels
Collections - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Painting
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Art objects - Original art - Paintings
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