Letter, [S. F.] Burdick to Dear Brother, Oscar [Learnard]S. F. Burdick, referring to his friend, Oscar Learnard, as "brother", wrote to him from Learnard's home state of Vermont. Burdick asked Learnard if there was anything he might do "to advance the cause of liberty and justice", and told him that he had heard of troubles at Fort Scott, referring to an incident taking place on December 17, 1857, when free state men, who had been displaced from their claims in 1856, returned to take possession of them again. Firing was done on both sides, though no one was killed or arrested.1858-01-06Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101802). TKO topic guide: National Debate About Kansas>Issues and Ideas>Anti-slavery perspectivestill imageku-kansascollection:1551https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1551u005021||u005022aspace_17db7fc3c9e0f9460968f872f7aef675electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalOscar Eugene Learnard family papershttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/9761092203RH MS D113University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1551_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10