Edward Fitch

In a July 23, 1856 letter to the editor of the Hopkinton (MA) Patriot, Edward Fitch writes that “two or three” men were killed for attending a meeting of the Free State Legislature in Topeka. He says that U.S. Troops have been disarming members of the Free State party and that Border Ruffians have driven out and captured a number of Free State men. He ends the letter by stating that the people of Kansas will not allow themselves to be taxed by the Bogus Legislature.

July 23, 1856

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Bogus Legislature
Border Ruffians
Guerrillas

Edward Fitch
Stephen A Douglas
John C Fremont

Shawnee County, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Watkins Community Museum of History

Edward and Sarah Fitch Letters

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