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This rather lengthy letter from John Brown, Jr., at Brownsville, K.T., to his father, John Brown, regarding the Kansas family's current situation, physically and economically. John, Jr., provides a hand-drawn map of the family's settlement in Franklin County (he calls it "Brown Co.") just west of Osawatomie. Brown also indicates that the land they were living on was "ceded by the Potawatomie Indians to Government," and that the Ottawa and Peoria lands would soon be available.
Creator: Brown, Jr., John
Date: June 22, 1855
Item Number: 5499
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Oversize
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5499
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Labor - Farmers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Ottawa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Franklin
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/5499
