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Much on 'Bleeding Kansas'... Letter from P. T. Barnum...
Much on 'Bleeding Kansas'... Letter from P. T. Barnum...
Item # 700057
May 13, 1856
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 13, 1856 Pages 4 & 5 contain a wealth of reporting concerning the slavery vs. anti-slavery factions as Kansas worked toward achieving statehood.
Page 4 has a nearly half-column article relating to this, and page 5 has column heads: "IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS" "Gov. Robinson Arrested by Ruffians" "Attempted Assassinations" "Southern Emigrants in Distress" "Effects of Gaming & Drinking". It also has two other letters datelined from Lawrence, Kansas, concerning the troubles there.
Page 4 has a letter signed in type by: P. T. Barnum, which is headed: "The Alleged Letter From Jenny Lind" which Barnum disavows. Lind was the singing sensation of the day, brought over from Europe by Barnum.
Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 56 people were killed between 1855 and 1859.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
Category: 1857-1860
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