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Samuel Cabot, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company Executive Committee, wrote to James Abbott about Abbott's upcoming trip to St. Louis, in which Abbott would claim some stolen rifles on behalf of Cabot. Cabot included another letter to St. Louis attorneys Knox and Kellogg, which named Abbott as his official agent in the matter. Cabot recounted that "Highwaymen" of Lexington, Missouri, had stolen the rifles the previous spring.
Creator: Cabot, Samuel
Date: August 25, 1857
Item Number: 6949
Call Number: James Abbott Coll. #252 Box 2 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6949
Collections - Manuscript - Abbott, James
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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