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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina......April 29, 1856 Grand jury of Douglas county indict Robinson, Reeder, and others for high treason in organizing a free-State government......May 5, 1856 Governor Robinson arrested at Lexington, Mo., while on the way east with his wife, who continued on her way with the papers containing the testimony gathered by the Congressional investigating committee in Kansas. (He was taken to Lecompton, held for four months, and released on bail)......May 10, 1856 Israel B. Donalson, United States marshal, issues a proclamation saying that the citizens of Lawrence resist arrests under judicial writs. He commands lawabiding citizens to come to his assistance. The citizens of Lawrence ask Governor Shannon to protect them......May 11, 1856 Governor Shannon replies to citizens of Lawrence that they need fear nothing but the legally constituted posse of the United States marshal and sheriff of Douglas county......May 12, 1856 A meeting at Law
den & Cudworth, was launched at midnight, Aug. 4, 1852, on account of the tide. Each man brought his lantern. Mr. Cudworth's mother, then seventy years of age, never having witnessed a launch, came up from Scituate and was present at the event—a great one for her. Ship Electric Spark, 1,200 tons, launched at the same yard in 1855, was commanded by Capt. R. G. F. Candage (now of Brookline) and made the voyage to California in one hundred and six days. The Boston Advertiser of Saturday, May 10, 1856, has the following advertisement: Glidden & Williams line for San Francisco To Sail on or before Tuesday, May 20, the Magnificent first-Class Clipper Ship Thatcher Magoun S. B. Bourne, Comdr. The Thatcher Magoun is truly an elegant ship extremely sharp and ventilated in the most thorough manner. She will sail as above. For Freight or Passage Apply at California Packet office 39 Lewis Wharf. She was built by Hayden & Cudworth. To illustrate the quality of work b