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 between December 20 and 29, 1860 by Florella Brown Adair in Hudson and Grafton, Ohio, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair and daughter Emma Adair. Florella describes her trip from Hudson to Grafton with her daughter Ada. She states that she has collected $21.00 from friends and relatives to send back to Kansas, and that many people feel a “deep interest in Kansas troubles.” Florella adds that “People here are all awake upon the troubles that threaten our country.”
Date: December 20, 1860-December 29, 1860
Local Subject: Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Women
People: Florella Brown Adair
Geographic Subject: Miami County, Kansas
Object Type: Letter
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3
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