- GLC#
- GLC04463.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 11, 1856
- Author/Creator
- Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Title
- to Frederick Brown & Jeremiah Brown
- Place Written
- Tabor, Iowa
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Slavery & Anti-slavery
Leaving Kansas, his poor health, and the health of his sons. Says he is leaving Kansas "both on business: & to recover my health," as he is suffering from "Dysentary & Chill Fever." However, "I expect to go back should the trouble continue" Mentions his half-sister Fiorella Adair and her family. Says John Jr. "is very much broken down; & altered by his troubles" which included being beaten and imprisoned. Brown was also inclined to leave Kansas because he was a wanted man there, and because his homestead had been destroyed. Written to his brother Frederick and half-brother Jeremiah, less than a month after leaving Kansas.
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