From Charles Adair and Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair

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Title: From Charles Adair and Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair
Creator: Charles Adair
Florella Brown Adair
Description: This letter was written on August 18, 1860 by Charles Adair and Florella Brown Adair in Grafton, Ohio, to Samuel Lyle Adair. Charles reports that they arrived in Grafton the previous night and had a pleasant journey. Florella shares news of various friends and relatives. She says that people throughout the states believe that the original settlers of Kansas should remain there and that it would be “a great moral and political evil to the territory” if they were to leave at this particular time.
Date: August 18, 1860
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Women
People: Charles Adair
Florella Brown Adair
Geographic Subject: Miami County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Samuel Lyle & Florella Brown Adair Family Collection, Box 1: Folder 3
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