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Orville Chester Brown apparently wrote this letter to Samuel L. Adair in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, from Utica, New York. He reported that he had spoken to ten different groups about needs in Kansas. He reported that Mr. Arny of the National Kansas Committee planned to visit Osawatomie, and promised that the people there would get their fair share of relief aid. He asked Adair a number of questions about the situation in Osawatomie, including questions about pro-slavery settlers. He discussed elections and the Know Nothing party.
Creator: Brown, Orville Chester, 1811-1904
Date: November 12, 1856
Item Number: 90309
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 6 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90309
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Elections
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Government and Politics - Political Parties
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State - Kansas State Central Committee
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, Orville C.
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Lykins (1855-1861)
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - New York
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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