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Call Number: RH MS P2

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John Brown to Orson Day, Esq. Dated Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, February 21, 1856

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Sent in care of Horace Day, Esq., in Centerville, Pennsylvania. Brown mentions the heavy snowfall which had hampered the delivery of the mails. Day, who is coming to Kansas, is given advice on the best conveyance and advised to seek our Charles Adair upon his arrival in Osawatomie. Adair, identified by Brown as a "half Brother-in-law", would treat Day as a friend. Brown further discussed the possible reception of a "Free State man" in Missouri and Kansas.

Dates: February 21, 1856