Letter: near Browns Station, K[ansas] T[erritory], to Dear Wife and Children, 1856 June 24.

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Letter: near Browns Station, K[ansas] T[erritory], to Dear Wife and Children, 1856 June 24.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27731711

Describes events in Kansas May-June, 1856, the "first regular battle between Free State and Pro-Slavery men in Kansas" including the sack of Lawrence and some details of the Battle of Oswatomie.

1 item (4 p.); 25 cm.

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