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These legal documents relate to the 1857 case of the Kansas Territory vs. James Curry. Witnesses report that Curry shot Andrew Letterman in the face on September 15, 1857 in Bourbon County, Kansas Territory near a community called Sprattsville. Letterman survived the attack. Witnesses report the dispute was related to pro-slavery and free state beliefs. Curry was arrested and released on bond September 19, 1857.
Date: 1857
Item Number: 444931
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 41
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444931
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Assault and battery
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Intention (Kill)
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Third Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Proslavery
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Summons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
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