Letter, Chas. Robinson (on behalf of the citizens of Lawrence) to Hon. F. P. Stanton

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Title: Letter, Chas. Robinson (on behalf of the citizens of Lawrence) to Hon. F. P. Stanton
Date: 1857
Creator: Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator)
Description: This letter by Charles Robinson, free state leader and future Governor of the state of Kansas, appears here in published form. Robinson wrote to F. P. Stanton, the acting governor of Kansas Territory, expressing his opinion that the people of the Territory were not getting their fair say in electing officers or administrating territorial laws. He referred to the upcoming Lecompton Constitutional Convention, which would take place in September 1857, and outlined some procedural guidelines by which the Convention should be run if the free state men were to participate.
Historical note: This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 102297). TKO topic guide: Territorial Politics and Government>Constitution Making>Lecompton (Sep. 1857)
URI: https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2812
Call number: RH R7
KU catalog record: https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/p24p46/KU_VOYAGER36...
Rights statement: This work is free of known copyright restrictions.
Rights URI: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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