A.J. Huntoon

This letter, dated January 27-28, 1861, was written by A.J. Huntoon at Johnson House in Lawrence, Kansas, to Lizzie Huntoon. Huntoon reports that he has reached Lawrence from Williamsport, Kansas, after a delay due to severe winter weather. He describes activity in the Kansas Legislature and says that everyone is eager for news of Kansas’ application for statehood; he believes “we will not get to be a state this session.”

January 27, 1861-January 28, 1861

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Women
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement

A.J. Huntoon

Douglas County, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas
Atchison, Kansas
Atchison County, Kansas

Kansas Historical Society

Huntoon, Andrew Jackson (Coll. #398), Folder 1861, Item 3

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