A Kansas Memory Podcast

Episode 8: James Lane: A Soldier and a Politician

The documents used in the Lane podcast are available on Earlier Kansas Memory podcasts used documents from Territorial Kansas Online: A Virtual Repository for Territorial Kansas History, 1854-1861.

• Letter, J.H. Lane to His Excellency Charles Robinson et al
  August 10, 1856
  In a brief letter from Topeka that is very difficult to decipher, Jim Lane informs Robinson, Gen. George W. Deitzler, George W. Brown, John Brown, "& others" of his arrival with "a sufficient force" to do battle for the free state cause. He seems to counsel quick and decisive action.
• General Order No. 1, Headquarters of Kansas Volunteers, For the Protection of the Ballot Box
  July 18, 1857
  This printed document was issued by James H. Lane and indicated that Lane had been authorized by the Free State government in Topeka to organize militia companies in order to protect ballot boxes on election day. It included instructions on how to organize the companies.