From Philip St. George Cooke to Colonel Preston

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Title: From Philip St. George Cooke to Colonel Preston
Creator: Philip St. George Cooke
Description: This dispatch, dated October 10, 1856, is from Lieut. Col. Philip St. George Cooke to Col. Preston. Cooke states that Col. Eldridge and Gen. Pomeroy are in command of 240 troops, and that they are adequately supplied with arms and ammunition.
Date: October 10, 1856
Local Subject: Kansas military units
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
People: Philip St. George Cooke
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Kansas Territory Executive Department Correspondence, Folder 35
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