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Brutal Kansas Violence Report Amid War Weather
Letters recount Free State killings in Prairie City and Cedar Creek with prisoners hanged and shot. Descriptions describe militia action led by Shannon and Donaldson, the impact on Lawrence prisoners, and partisan rhetoric about Fremont vs Buchanan and slavery in territories.
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la Fayette
Kansas
Ohio
Lecompton
Lawrence
Doiteler
Robinson
Amos Lawrence
U. S
Prairie City
Cedar Creek
Hov
North
East
U.S
United States
Shannon
Donaldson
Martin Jones
Innont
Mlemry Clay
James Buchanan
Tare Y Ngaln
Sale
Sander
Louisville
Henry Clay
House of Representatives
Clay Hall
Mr. Clay
Adams
Gen. Jackson
Clay
Pennsylvania
Buchannn
Kentucky
Jackson
Buchanan
Letcler
Letcher
Mr. Buchanan
Pittsburgh Gazettee
Jong
Hery Clay
Samuel Ludridgh
Germnan Quarterly Review
Baltimore
Cincinnati
West
Indiana
Faxost
Davtox
Republican Party
Buchaniers
Piblicans
John C. Fremont
South
Congress
Eternal Hills
Free States
Ostend
Th Pacific
Fremont
California
District of Columbia
Tts
Democratic
Democratic Party
Territory
Pieres, Douglas & Co
Kansas Nebraska
Frank Pierce
Douglas
Lick- Spittle
White House