Letter, John Vansickle and John Peters to Dear SirJohn Vansickle and John Peters wrote from Bourbon County regarding their recent experiences in Kansas Territory. Vansickle discussed the "Kansas trubels" [sic] and described the chaotic situation of the area, full of armed free state and proslavery men acting in the name of politics but stealing horses and robbing homes. He added that men were not safe at home, though he intended to stay in K.T. until forced out. Vansickle also referred to a coming March 9 election which would select delegated to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention.1858-03-03Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101822).still imageku-kansascollection:1879https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1879u002249||u002250||u002251||u002252aspace_43386a3858f8c4b0c696ef7e82523976electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalJohn Henry Vansickle papershttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/3003412994RH MS P170University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1879_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10