Letter, John Vansickle to Dear SirJohn Vansickle, recently married, wrote from Kansas City, Missouri, where he was purchasing goods and provisions with his wife for their new home. Vansickle communicated the prospect of a good crop this season, along with details referring to the upcoming Lecompton Constitution ratification election and the Marais des Cygnes Massacre, which occurred the past May. He also encouraged the recipient of this letter to come to Kansas Territory for a visit and gave news of his encounter with various friends when in St. Louis.1858-07-18Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101824). TKO topic guide: Border Disputes and Warfare>Significant Incidents>Marais de Cygnes Massacre (May 19, 1858)still imageku-kansascollection:1888https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1888u002262||u002263||u002264aspace_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_1888_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10