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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.159 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856 |
| Date | 1856 |
| Author | New England Emigrant Aid Company |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | 37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 29. Offers eye-witness accounts of the sack of Lawrence, Kansas, including an account submitted by William Hutchinson, secretary of the Kansas Central Committee and a special correspondent for the New York Times. |
| Subjects | Immigration and Migration Mobs and Riots Bleeding Kansas African American History Slavery Westward Expansion Railroad Law Government and Civics Abolition Reform Movement |
| People | Hutchinson, William (1823-1904) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Last three speeches on Kansas and freedom |