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Brown, John, 1800-1859 [Receipt from Samuel Adair]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00721 Author/Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859 Place Written: Osawatomie, Kansas Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 21 August 1858 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 8 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Received thirty two dollars in cash from Samuel Adair and a note of four dollars against S.H. Houser. Signed by Brown as agent for the National Kansas Committee.

Brown, John, 1800-1859
Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898

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