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Montgomery writes from Mound City, Kansas Territory, to update Stearns on the activities of "old Harney" (General William S. Harney) and the futile federal government efforts at "enforcing the Fugitive Slave law on us here; it can't be done." Montgomery insists that despite the government's effort to portray "'Montgomery and his band'" as not of the people, popular support for his activities had just been unanimously endorsed at a mass meeting in Mound City.
Creator: Montgomery, James, 1814-1871
Date: December 12, 1860
Item Number: 90536
Call Number: George L. Stearns Coll. #507
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90536
Collections - Manuscript - Stearns, George L
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Montgomery, James, 1814-1871
People - Notable People - Stearns, George L.
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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