From George H. Hall to Dear Lydia

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Title: From George H. Hall to Dear Lydia
Creator: George H. Hall
Description: This letter is from George H. Hall to his sister Lydia. Hall writes from St. Joseph, Missouri on November 17, 1859, and refers to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. He calls Brown a coward, and argues that "his only acts in Kansas Territory . . . were the assassination of unarmed families and his great skill in running off negroes."
Date: November 17, 1859
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
African Americans
People: George H. Hall
John Brown
Geographic Subject: Buchanan County, Missouri
St. Joseph, Missouri
Holt County, Missouri
Doniphan County, Kansas
Object Type: Letter
Owning Organization: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center
Location: Willard P. Hall Papers
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