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This certificate is "five shares of the Town property of Leavenworth Association" for Andrew H. Reeder, the first governor of Kansas Territory. The certificate is signed by H. Miles Moore, secretary, and George W. Gist, president. Gist and two other men had laid claim, according to Andreas's "History of Kansas," to the land that would become Leavenworth city on June 12, 1854, the first land claimed in the territory by U. S. citizens after passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Creator: Leavenworth Association,
Date: October 9, 1854
Item Number: 90605
Call Number: John A. Halderman Coll. #370 Box 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90605
Collections - Manuscript - Halderman, John A.
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Governors - Reeder, Andrew H
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Certificate
People - Notable Kansans - Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
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