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17 November 1910
Jenkins, James H., 1841-?
to Charles G. Stack
Promises that as soon as his health improves he will comply with the request to send a photograph. Some text lost on the right side of the letter.
GLC02484.02
19 May 1856
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856.
Sumner's speech was delivered in Washington, D.C. and published by the New York Tribune in New York City. Contains the stamp of T. B. Pugh, bookseller, on the upper left corner of front cover. Contains water stains.
GLC05116.14
1856
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
The border ruffian code in Kansas.
Published by the Tribune Office in New York City. Includes an examination of the "The character of the Code of pretended Laws enacted by the bogus Territorial Legislature of Kansas- a Legislature notoriously forced upon the people of that territory...
GLC05116.19
21 March 1865
Bekner, P.E., fl. 1865
To the hands employed or expect to be employed on Mr. Gibson's plantations
Letter from the office of the Provost Marshall orders the hands on the three plantations to go to work whether or not they have an agreement. Accompanied by a U.S. Military telegraph envelope addressed to Tobias Gibson with a docket date of October...
GLC04501.035
13 May 1856
Willard, Charles W., 1827-1880
Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to Kansas.
House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 103 (34th Congress, 1st session). Willard, Secretary of State for Vermont, certifies these as a true copy of resolutions passed by Vermont in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress in May 1856. "Resolved, that...
GLC08452.03
16 August 1863
Maitland, James M., 1815-1864
to Joseph M. Maitland
Asks his son not to "neglect your daily devotions and cast off your Confidence in God: for he is your only shield, and defense in the day of trouble." Continues on to report that he has heard that General Ambrose Burnside's old Corps has returned to...
GLC03523.10.091
25 April 1862
Littell, E., 1797-1870
To "My Dear Sir"
GLC09190.07
25 December 1865
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
to his aunt
Written to his aunt, Mrs. George A. Frick (Rebecca Frick). Writes that he must stay in command of his post during the holidays in fear that there will be an insurrection by blacks. Writes that blacks and whites came together for Christmas, yet this...
GLC02016.096
17 May 1863
Weeks, John F., fl. 1860-1882
to his parents
Writes that he has little duty to do except for picket duty. Comments on Hooker and states " I think I can see Hooker dying the same death as did Burnside and Little Mac." Discusses the Missouri compromise and abolition. Accuses his father of...
GLC06728.047
13 May 1861
Davis, William B., fl. 1861-1862
to his sister
Writes, "The whites have allmost all left and the nigers have full swing at every thing they never dreamt of living in such stile before. The inhabitants left every thing but themselves when Burnside came and beat a hasty retreat."
GLC02160.01
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