From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair and Emma Adair

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Title: From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair and Emma Adair
Creator: Florella Brown Adair
Description: This letter was written March 11, 16, and 17, 1861 by Florella Brown Adair in Grafton, Ohio, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair and daughter Emma Adair. Florella writes of her recent visit to Oberlin, Ohio, where she spoke to many friends about donating money for their church in Osawatomie, Kansas. At one friend’s home, she was asked to give an account of the Battle of Osawatomie. Florella reports that she will leave for Xenia, Ohio soon with Charles and Ada.
Date: March 11, 1861-March 17, 1861
Local Subject: Women
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Battle at Osawatomie
People: Florella Brown Adair
Geographic Subject: Atchison, Kansas
Atchison County, Kansas
Miami County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3
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