To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
Correspondence relating to Kansas territorial troubles. Topics include interference with law enforcement and the movement of prisoners, reports of raids, and letters from militia leaders. Many of the documents are petitions from communities, including Leavenworth, Sugar Mound (now Mound City), Fort Scott, Westport, Council Grove, Pottawattamie, and Lawrence, seeking relief from robberies and harassment, and the protection of militia escorts. Petitions came from pro-slavery individuals as well, as evidenced by the September 23, 1856 letter written on behalf of citizens of Anderson and Coffey Counties being driven out by abolitionists. The antagonists in these letters include Colonel Whipple (also known as Aaron Dwight Stevens), Captain Frederick Emory, and Sterling Price. A proclamation by Governor Woodson, dated July 4, 1856, forbids the assembly of the "bogus legislature" in Topeka. Another proclamation, dated August 24, 1856, declares the territory to be in a state of open insurrection and rebellion. Other important events, such as the Pottawatomie Massacre and the Battle of Hickory Point, are also mentioned.
Date: 1855-1856
Item Number: 225774
Call Number: Territorial Executive Department, Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents, 1854-1856, Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225774
Collections - State Archives - Kansas Territory Executive Department
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Geary, John White
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Shannon, Wilson
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Woodson, Daniel (acting)
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Militia
Home and Family - Daily life
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Government
People - Notable Kansans - Geary, John White
People - Notable Kansans - Shannon, Wilson
People - Notable Kansans - Woodson, Daniel, 1824-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/225774