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F. A. Hunt, owner of a steamboat and land agent company, wrote from St. Louis, Missouri to Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. Hunt informed Webb that a shipment of 100 rifles and two guns had been seized at Lexington, Missouri while in transit to Leavenworth via the Steamboat Arabia. Hunt stated that unless the weapons had been taken by authority of the U.S. government, the steamboat was liable for the loss. Hunt urged Webb to be more cautious in making shipments of weapons to Kansas.
Creator: Hunt, F. A.
Date: March 14, 1856
Item Number: 1811
Call Number: New England Emigrant Aid Company, Manuscript Coll. No. 624, Box 1, Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1811
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Hoyt, David Starr
People - Notable People - Webb, Thomas Hopkins, 1801-1866
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Louis
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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