Letter, J. Thompson to My Dear [James W.] DenverJ. Thompson wrote to James W. Denver from the U. S. Department of the Interior regarding the current debate over the Lecompton Constitution. Thompson advised Denver to stand his ground in support of it, regardless of what the President might say; "to turn aside now is downright weakness" and a show of cowardice. Thompson's opinion was that a Territorial decision to abolish slavery would be against the Dred Scott decision, and therefore unconstitutional.1858-01-29Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101882). TKO topic guide: National Debate About Kansas>Federal Government>Congressional actionsstill imageku-kansascollection:1977https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1977u002222||u002223||u002224||u002225||u002226||u002227||u002228aspace_52ab1ef365f3540a35d398d4124b2f67electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalJames William Denver papers and diaryhttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/7167235532RH MS 19University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1977_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10