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An accounting of the expenses (including supplies and cash advances) incurred in the rescue of Dr. John Doy, who had been arrested by Missouri authorities on January 25, 1859, for abducting slaves. Doy was freed from his cell in a St. Joseph, Missouri, jail on July 23, 1859, by a rescue party that included James Abbott.
Date: July 23, 1859
Item Number: 6978
Call Number: James Abbott Coll. Box 2 Folder 12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6978
Collections - Manuscript - Abbott, James
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Military - Weapons
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
People - Notable Kansans - Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
People - Notable Kansans - Doy, Charles
People - Notable Kansans - Doy, John, b. 1812
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Financial records
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