Letter, William Franklin Johns to Dear Uncle [J. W. Denver] Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator) Williams Franklin Johns wrote from Wilmington, Ohio, to his uncle, James William Denver, who was "Acting Governor" in Kansas Territory. Johns told his uncle about his recent return to school and of his desire to travel to Lecompton. He also recounted the comments of a family friend, Mr. Creamer, who made Kanzas sound like an "awful place" full of villianous "Yanks" who should be swept out. The last page is a short letter from Mary C. Denver, which contained news of family and friends, but also included commentary about Kansas Territory. This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101836). TKO topic guide: Border Disputes and Warfare>Border Ruffians and Jayhawkers>Pro-slavery perspective 1858-02-07 StillImage electronic image/tiff ku-kansascollection:1915 https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1915 aspace_329dc85af23bf2792aade0e8ad469f38 James William Denver papers and diary--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7167235532--RH MS 19 This work is free of known copyright restrictions.