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John W. Whitfield to John A. Halderman
Creator: Whitfield, John W. (John Wilkins), approximately 1826-1879
Date: February 1, 1857
John W. Whitfield, the Kansas Territory's delegate to Congress until March 3, 1857, writes John Halderman from "Washington City" regarding the "H__l of a fight" they had had "over Lecompte." Whitfield thinks it likely that it will be left to "Old Buck" (President-elect James Buchanan) to settle things. He also writes concerning his own political prospects and what he was accomplishing for Kansas (e.g., railroad legislation). Samuel D. Lecompte was chief justice of the Kansas Territory from December 1854 to March 1859. President Pierce had appointed James O. Harrison to replace Lecompte in December 1856 but Congress refused to confirm Harrison.
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Land Office, Kickapoo, Kansas Territory, notice
Creator: United States. General Land Office
Date: June 12, 1858
Issued by John W. Whitfield, land office register and former proslavery territorial delegate to Congress, on June 12, 1858, this one-page notice informed Sol Miller of a counter claim made against some preemption land in which Miller (referred to as "an adverse claimant") apparently held an interest. The notice was also signed by Daniel Woodson, receiver, who had served as the first secretary of the territory of Kansas and on several occasions in 1855 and 1856 as acting governor.
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P. P. Wilcox scrapbooks
Creator: Wilcox, P. P.
Date: 1850s
These two scrapbooks were kept by P. P. Wilcox, who settled in Atchison, Kansas Territory. The volumes are, primarily, newspaper clippings from Kansas Territory in 1855 and 1856. Some pre-1854 clippings relate to Dardanelle, Arkansas. Many of the clippings have a pro-slavery bent but there are also a number that contain local news items. Several contain information about actions of abolitionists. Many are from the Squatter Sovereign published in Atchison. The right hand page of the inside cover of volume 1 has a business card that lists Wilcox as a Justice of the Peace in Atchison, Kansas Territory. His office was on C Street, one door west of Dickson's Store. The card indicated he handled collection of claims, procurement of bounty land warrants, and all kinds of legal writings. It indicated he was familiar with the Pre-emption Law. It also listed four references including General J. W. Whitfield, Kansas Territory. Additional Wilcox business cards appear throughout both volumes. There are a number of clippings about J. W. Whitfield running for Congress on the proslavery ticket. Early in volume one is a printed copy of a document by Franklin Pierce titled "Kansas Affairs, Message of the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress, January 24, 1856 (8 pages). Volume 2 has a pamphlet of the speech by M. Oliver of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives "On the resolution from the Committee on Elections in the Contested Election case from the Territory of Kansas."
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Public Speaking!
Date: September, 1855
This broadside listed six places where John W. Whitfield planned to speak during his campaign for reelection as the delegate to Congress from Kansas Territory. Whitfield was a proslavery supporter. The speeches were to be given between September 24 and September 29, 1855. He planned to speak at Dr. Chapman's, Otta Creek; Henry Sherman's; Old Pottawatamie Mission; Sugar Mound; crossing of the Little Osage, and Fort Scott. A barbecue was scheduled for Fort Scott on September 29.
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