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From Washington, D.C., Charles Robinson wrote his wife, Sara, back home in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, regarding land and railroad issues that he was working on behalf of in the capital. Robinson briefly addresses issues having to do with Indian land disputes, but focuses even more on the competition for railroads being fought out in Washington between Lawrence, Leavenworth, and Kansas City. ". . . Lawrence must fight its own battles . . . . I hope to be able to make Lawrence a point on both roads before we get through." [For more information on this battle over railroads, see I. E. Quastler, "Charting a Course: Lawrence, Kansas, and Its Railroad Strategy, 1854-1872," Kansas History 18 (Spring 1995): 18-33. For a time, civic and business leaders sought to make Lawrence the regional rail center with an aggressive promotion's plan, but they ultimately, and perhaps inevitably, lost the prize to Kansas City; this piece is largely drawn from the author's 1979 book-length study, "The Railroads of Lawrence."] Many of the lands in questions had originally been set aside by the U.S. Government for settlement by Native Americans.
Creator: Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Date: January 6, 1859
Item Number: 90395
Call Number: Charles & Sara Robinson Coll. # 488 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90395
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Robinson, Charles and Sara
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Land offices
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
People - Notable Kansans - Robinson, Sara T. L. (Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911
People - Notable Kansans - Stevens, Robert S.
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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