Scenes Memories And Travels of Eighty Two Years And Short Sketches of the La
Scenes Memories And Travels of Eighty Two Years And Short Sketches of the La
James H Mcclintock
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XXVI TO KANSAS BY WAY OF ST. LOUIS, MO. I wAts interested in the atfairs of Kansas. I had helped educate a young man at Alfred, a cousin of my wife. He was graduated from that school, and married a young lady that was graduated also. They decided to go to Kansas Territory to settle. He had means enough to get them there, and to pay for 160 acres at governujent price. I advanced him i^l. OOO to get under way at farming. Of course I was interested in the situation, as to how he was likely to succ...eed, and as to how the question of slavery was to be decided in the Territory. I started for that country, arriving at St. Louis Nov. 30, 1859. I took passage on a steamer up the Mississippi River to Hannibal, thence by Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad to St. Joseph. I chanced to form an acquaintance with one Dr. A. S. Fredrick, a slaveholder from Ken- tucky, and as I speak of him, I speak of him as a gentleman. I had the pleasure of his company from St. Louis to Leavenworth, Kan. He was ready to talk on the slavery question, temper- 123 124 MEMORIES OF EIGHTY-TWO YEARS ance, and all reformatory matters, without get- ting excited.
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