From Edward Fitch to Dear Parents

Download Transcript: PDF (41.53 KiB)

Details

Title: From Edward Fitch to Dear Parents
Creator: Edward Fitch
Description: This unsigned December 12, 1855 letter, presumably from Edward Fitch of Lawrence, Kansas to his parents in Massachusetts, announces the peaceful end to the Wakarusa War. Fitch declares that “we have gained a complete victory without bloodshed,” and that Governor Shannon has “come round on to our side.” He tells them that he has been discharged from military service, and proclaims, “Peace, Peace! and it was Peace.”
Date: December 12, 1855
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
Kansas military units
Jayhawkers
Wakarusa War
People: Edward Fitch
Wilson Shannon
Geographic Subject: Lawrence, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Watkins Community Museum of History
Location: Edward and Sarah Fitch Letters
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact the Watkins Community Museum of History at: 1047 Massachusetts St., Lawrence KS 66044, Phone: (785) 841-4109, E-mail: info@watkinsmuseum.org Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Watkins Community Museum of History. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Watkins Community Museum of History.