Letter from Sara T. D. Robinson, Oakridge (Lawrence, Kansas), to Professor and Mrs. Charles G. Dunlap March 5, 1902

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Letter from Sara T. D. Robinson, Oakridge (Lawrence, Kansas), to Professor and Mrs. Charles G. Dunlap March 5, 1902

This letter from Sara T. D. Robinson (widow of Kansas Governor Charles Robinson), March 5, 1902, accompanies her transmittal of a copy of her husband's book, , to Professor and Mrs. Charles Graham Dunlap of Lawrence, Kansas. Mrs. Robinson conveys supplementary information regarding communications between Secretary Frederick P. Stanton and her husband pursuant to Governor Robinson's refusal to confer commissions recommended by U.S. Senator James Lane. The Kansas Conflict

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Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894

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Charles Robinson was born at Hardwick, Mass., July 21, 1818. He was educated at Hadley Academy, Amherst Academy, and Amherst College. For 8 years he studied medicine and in 1843 opened his own practice in Belchertown, Mass. He married Sarah Adams the same year, but she died in 1846. In 1849 he went to California for his health, and while there became a newspaper editor, was indicted for murder but acquitted, and was elected to the Legislature. He returned to Massachusetts in 1851, r...

Stanton, Frederick P. (Frederick Perry), 1814-1894

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Representative from Tennessee; Governor of Kansas Territory. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Johnson, 1865 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579104 ...

Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866

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James Henry Lane (1814-1866) was a noted military and political leader of Kansas. He was active in his home state of Indiana, serving as a military commander in the Mexican War (1841) and later as Indiana's Lieutenant Governor from 1849-1853. Lane then entered national politics as a Democratic Congressman from Indiana, and served one term (1853-1855). The Free State Movement lured Lane to the Kansas Territory in April of 1855. He became an active leader in the Topeka Movement. In June of 1858, L...

Dunlap, Charles Graham.

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Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911

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Sara Robinson was the wife of Charles Robinson, the first governor of Kansas. She wrote a history of Kansas; Frank Wilson Blackmar wrote biographies of her husband. (See the Kansas Collection card catalog for these items.) From the guide to the Letters, 1850-1909, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection) From the guide to the Scrapbooks, 1857-1894, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection) Sara Tappan ...