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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09138 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1859 |
| Title | Nathaniel Lyon to unknown discussing tension in Kansas |
| Date | 9 October 1859 |
| Author | Lyon, Nathaniel (1818-1861) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Abolitionist and future Union Brigadier General writes of tension in "Bleeding Kansas." "I was stationed here about a year ago, after leaving California. I have marched about 450 miles in reaching here...we were ordered...to protect the emigrants...the old slavery issue, which did so much mischief, and embittered all the relations of society, seems to be dead, and the free state policy firmly established. The new Wyandotte constitution is doubtless adopted and most likely Kansas will be admitted under it. We have no apprehensions of war on account of [commanding Gen. William S.] Harney's eccentricities, in regard to the San Juan Island...We have more trouble now, with our Indians out here, as they are attacking our mail parties on the road to New Mexico, and one Company is to go from here in a day or two to the stations about 200 miles off, as protection to the mail and carriers..." With engraving of Lyon. |
| Subjects | State Constitution Slavery African American History Immigration and Migration Caribbean American Indian History Post Office Bleeding Kansas |
| People | Lyon, Nathaniel (1818-1861) |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |