This proclamation or editorial, ca. August 1863, laments the destruction of the Free State Hotel in Lawrence, Kansas, during Quantrill's Raid on the town: "Pro-Slavery violence has once more poured its wrath upon us." The proclamation recommends the "speedy construction" of a new hotel, and its signers declare their intention to contribute $10,000 toward the project.

Surviving a Guerrilla War
Guerrillas
Bushwhackers
Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence

William Clarke Quantrill

Lawrence, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas

Circular

State Historical Society of Missouri – Kansas City

Shalor Winchell Eldridge (1816-1899) Letters (K0217): f.1, Item 3

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