Title:
From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair
Description:
This letter was written on February 26 and 27, 1861 by Florella Brown Adair in Grafton, Ohio, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair. Florella writes that “much excitement prevails here in anticipation of the inauguration of Pres. Lincoln, many fears are expressed in his behalf, there is a good deal of war spirit felt most every where I go, most feel that the time for compromise has passed. I hope we shall not have war but I fear it.”
Date original:
February 26, 1861-February 27, 1861
Place:
Miami County, Kansas
Topic:
Women; Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri; Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Person:
Abraham Lincoln
Owning organization:
Kansas Historical Society
Document Type:
letter
Publication Statement:
Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3
Organization location:
For more information on using this image, contact Kansas Memory at: State Archives, Topeka, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka KS 66615-1099, Phone: (785) 272-8681, E-mail: reference@kshs.org Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Kansas Historical Society. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Kansas Historical Society.
Page Type:
Digital Repository Object
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