From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair

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Title: From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair
Creator: Florella Brown Adair
Description: This letter was written on February 20, 1861 by Florella Brown Adair in Grafton, Ohio, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair. Florella says that the citizens of York “held a meeting and raised over $80.00 for Kansas.” Florella adds that there are many misconceptions about sending relief funds to Kansas: “I could have sent two or three hundred dollars to our town, if it had not been for the idea that all must go through the hands of the committee at Atchison.”
Date: February 20, 1861
Local Subject: Women
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
People: Florella Brown Adair
Geographic Subject: Miami County, Kansas
Atchison, Kansas
Atchison County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3
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