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Brown, John, 1800-1859 to Mary Ann Brown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00929.01 Author/Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859 Place Written: Osawatomie, Kansas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 24, 1856 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

The letter discusses the defeat of a pro-slavery judge. Recounts story of "one of the most deeply exciting times...since our arival in the territory. A United States Judge came here & attempted to hold a Court, & to enforce the enactment of the Bogus Legislature but was most effectually routed." The laws the court was attempting to enforce made it a crime to oppose slavery in any way, even verbally. Brown and other anti-slavery men drove the judge away and prevented them from enforcing these laws. Also discusses family health and says her brother, Orson Day, and his family have just arrived. Letter written at "Brown's Station."

Brown, John, 1800-1859
Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884
Day, Orson, fl. 1856

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