MEMORIAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND EMIGRANT AID COMPANY, PRAYING INDEMNIFICATION FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, AT LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 21, 1856.
37th Cong., 3rd Sess. SMD29. 1863. 28pp, disbound. Very Good. Northern Emigrant Aid Companies organized settlers' migration to Kansas, in the competition over its slave status. This document records the "sack of Lawrence," the Free-State capitol, and the destruction of the Free State Hotel and printing presses by pro-slavery men. Item #16754
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