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Primary Sources
"Bleeding Kansas" and the Pottawatomie Massacre, 1856
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/bleeding-kansas-and-pottawatomie-massacre-1856
Letter from Frederick Starr to Dear Father, Mother, and Boys Great and Small – Weston, Platte County, Missouri, October 18, 1854
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A1846
Telegraph from W.J. Patterson to Sterling Price – Platte County, Missouri, April 26, 1855
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A5213
Letter from Amos Lawrence to Francis Granger – Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, September 9, 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A3236
Petition of Sundry Citizens of Pottawatomie Creek – Kansas, September 19, 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A6427
Petition from Leavenworth Women – Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, ca. September 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A6383
Statement of Julia Mariata – Jackson County, Missouri, October 5, 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A6368
Letter from William Clarke Quantrill to My Dear Mother – Kansas, January 26, 1860
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A3308
Petition from Vernon County Citizens – Vernon County, Missouri, November 21, 1860
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%3A5242
Another Abolition Outrage – Jackson County, Missouri, December 11, 1860
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A5305
Edward Bridgman was one of the northerners who came to Kansas during the period that became known as "Bleeding Kansas." He grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, and migrated to Kansas in 1856, at the age of 22. Bridgman came simply to homestead, but he was soon caught up in the fight over slavery.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2953.html
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/bleeding-kansas-and-pottawatomie-massacre-1856
Letter from Frederick Starr to Dear Father, Mother, and Boys Great and Small – Weston, Platte County, Missouri, October 18, 1854
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A1846
Telegraph from W.J. Patterson to Sterling Price – Platte County, Missouri, April 26, 1855
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A5213
Letter from Amos Lawrence to Francis Granger – Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, September 9, 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A3236
Petition of Sundry Citizens of Pottawatomie Creek – Kansas, September 19, 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A6427
Petition from Leavenworth Women – Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, ca. September 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A6383
Statement of Julia Mariata – Jackson County, Missouri, October 5, 1856
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A6368
Letter from William Clarke Quantrill to My Dear Mother – Kansas, January 26, 1860
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A3308
Petition from Vernon County Citizens – Vernon County, Missouri, November 21, 1860
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%3A5242
Another Abolition Outrage – Jackson County, Missouri, December 11, 1860
https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/islandora/object/civilwar%253A5305
Edward Bridgman was one of the northerners who came to Kansas during the period that became known as "Bleeding Kansas." He grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, and migrated to Kansas in 1856, at the age of 22. Bridgman came simply to homestead, but he was soon caught up in the fight over slavery.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2953.html