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According to an explanation written by Edward Hoogland on the outside of the document, Briscoe Davis' sister (unnamed) wrote this complaint describing the October 24, 1856 looting of Mr. Davis' house in Linn County by free state supporters led by a Captain Holmes (likely James R. Holmes, a Free State Militia captain). The seizure of Davis' home took place shortly after Governor John Geary's October 1856 visit to southeastern Kansas Territory.
Date: November 18, 1856
Item Number: 3554
Call Number: William I. R. Blackman Coll. #278 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3554
Collections - Manuscript - Blackman, William I. R.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Robbery
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Geary, John White
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Geary, John W.
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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