Sene Campbell, writing from Fort Scott, Kansas Territory, to Captain James Montgomery, expresses her anger at Montgomery for his role in the killing of her fiance, John Little. Little was killed on December 16, 1858, at Fort Scott by a group of free state supporters led by Montgomery, who had entered the town to free Benjamin Rice, a free state advocate being held prisoner there. This is an unusual letter from a female threatening violence in response to the death of husband-to-be.
Date: January 4, 1859
Creator: Campbell, Sene
Item Number: 90110
Call Number: James Montgomery Coll. #446 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90110
Collections - Manuscript - Montgomery, James
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Courtship
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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