New England Emigrant Aid Company. Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.159 Author/Creator: New England Emigrant Aid Company. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 1856 Pagination: 1 v. : 28 p. ; 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy
37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 29. Offers eye-witness accounts of the sack of Lawrence, Kansas, including an account submitted by William Hutchinson, secretary of the Kansas Central Committee and a special correspondent for the New York Times.
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