1862 Address by Abelard Guthrie

Handwritten transcription of an address by Guthrie, copied by Connelley from the Wyandotte Gazette. Guthrie describes his role in establishing Kansas as a Territory: "My agency in calling public attention to this Territory, and in pressing its claims upon the consideration of Congress, defeated the crafty and ambitious designs of the slave powers, and opened this beautiful and fertile country to free men and free labor. Kansas owes her civil existence to my efforts on her behalf."