Letter, Josiah Miller to Dear Father and MotherJosiah Miller, making arrangements for his parents' journey from South Carolina to Kansas Territory, wrote to his father and mother from his office at the Kansas Free State newspaper. He told them of his need to purchase personal arms for his own protection and described to them a recent situation of election fraud. Miller also wrote that his goal, as a newspaper editor, was to "move men to support the Free State ticket." He added that he was having a falling out with Robert Elliott, his business partner.1855-08-29Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101641). TKO topic guide: Territorial Politics and Government>Territorial Politics>Free Statestill imageku-kansascollection:1170https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1170u002862||u002863||u002864||u002865aspace_c3174ad18bff12f472c5e9acb96c5b0felectronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalJosiah Miller papershttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/1569965884RH MS 4University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1170_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10