From John Brown, Jr. to Orson Day

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Title: From John Brown, Jr. to Orson Day
Creator: John Brown, Jr.
Description: This letter, dated January 23, 1856, is from John Brown, Jr. at his homestead in Osawatomie, Kansas to Orson Day in White Hall, New York. Brown provides instructions on how to safely travel to Kansas by railroad or boat. He advises Day to purchase a cooking stove in St. Louis, and tells him that if he takes a boat from there, he will land in Kansas City, "a small town on the Western border of Mo." before travelling to Osawatomie, Kansas.
Date: January 23, 1856
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
People: John Brown, Jr.
John Brown
Geographic Subject: Kansas City, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Miami County, Kansas
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Kansas City
Location: John Brown (1800-1859) Collection (K0218): f.1, Item 2
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