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James Montgomery was a well known Kansas "jayhawker." Born in Ohio in 1814, Montgomery moved to Kentucky, taught school, and became a minister in the "Campbellite" church. Then he went to Missouri where he lived with his second wife until soon after the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Montgomery purchased a claim in Linn County, near Mound City, and quickly became a recognized leader of the free-state movement. A complete transcription is available by clicking "Text Version" below.
Creator: Montgomery, James, 1814-1871
Date: 1861-1862
Item Number: 225690
Call Number: James Montgomery Coll. #446, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225690
Collections - Manuscript - Montgomery, James
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units - US Volunteers - 3rd Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Montgomery, James, 1814-1871
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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