Samuel Lecompte

This September 13, 1856 newspaper article is an open letter from Judge Samuel Lecompte to James A. Stewart, a Maryland Congressman. In the letter, Lecompte defends himself against several charges; he denies that he packed the jury in a murder trial, that he was in possession of illegal whisky, that he misrepresented the crime of treason to a grand jury, and that he participated in a meeting of the Law and Order Party. He states that he is aware of threats to remove him from his post as Chief Justice of Kansas Territory, but he insists that he has been a fair and impartial judge.

September 13, 1856

African Americans
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
Sack of Lawrence (First)

Samuel Lecompte
Samuel J Jones
Charles Robinson
Andrew Reeder
James Henry Lane
Franklin Pierce

Lecompton, Kansas
Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Jefferson County, Kansas
Doniphan County, Kansas

Newspaper Article

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Territory Executive Department Correspondence, Folder 35

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