Orville Chester Brown papers [microform], 1834-1904.

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Orville Chester Brown papers [microform], 1834-1904.

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Correspondence, autobiography, and historical narratives pertaining to the slavery dispute in Kansas, 1854-61; town building in the Territory; national politics; the Civil War & his sons' service in it; efforts to secure his son's release following the latter's imprisonment as a Union spy; the effect of his son's execution; and his reminiscences about early Kansas, 1854-61. Correspondents include his wife, Mary Ann Cozzens Brown; Kansas U.S. Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy; Kansas Territorial Governors Wilson Shannon & Samuel Medary; Franklin G. Adams, secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka); and his son, Spencer Kellogg Brown. Several documents written & annotated by and concerning Orville Chester Brown in other ms. collections and state archives records are included on this microfilm.

Originals: 290 items.Reproductions: 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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