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Title
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1860 Missouri Census Table
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Description
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This ca. 1860 printed document presents the results of the 1860 Missouri census, showing the population of whites, “free colored” and slaves in each county. The table lists the total state population as 1,182,012, with 1,063,599 whites, 3,572 Free Colored, and 114,931 slaves. Lafayette County has the largest slave population with 6,374 slaves. The table also reveals a small American Indian population in Gasconade and Jackson Counties.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Title
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Examination of Anderville Franklin
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Description
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This is Anderville Franklin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Franklin, a 23-year-old native of Clinton County, Missouri, states that he served in the militia in Nodaway County, Missouri during the war. The oath is No. 160 in a bound volume.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Title
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Emancipation of Eliza Jane
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Description
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These documents include the bill of sale and the letter of emancipation for a slave, Eliza Jane. The bill of sale, signed and dated December 5, 1844 by Alexander Duncan, confers Eliza Jane and two other slaves to Jeremiah and Nancy Smith of Nodaway County, Missouri for the sum of $550. The letter of emancipation is signed and dated August 31, 1863 by Jeremiah and Nancy Smith. It states that the Smiths “forever set FREE a certain Woman of color, named Eliza Jane, aged twenty-five years.”
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Date
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December 5, 1844 and August 31, 1863
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Title
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General Orders, No. 34
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Description
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Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis issued General Order No. 34 from the Department of the Missouri Headquarters in St. Louis on May 4, 1863. The order details the proceedings of a recent Military Commission in St. Joseph, Missouri, where several citizens were tried for war crimes, including disloyal conduct, violation of the conduct of war, bearing arms against the Government, violation of the Oath of Allegiance, and disturbing the peace of Union men. The order was signed by Assistant Adjutant General A.V. Colburn.
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Date
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May 4, 1863
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Title
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General Orders, No. 38
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Description
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Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis issued General Order No. 38 from the Department of the Missouri Headquarters in St. Louis on May 22, 1863. The order details the proceedings of recent Military Commissions in St. Joseph, St. Louis, and Springfield, Missouri, where citizens were tried for war crimes, including consorting with guerrillas and bushwhackers, killing United States soldiers from the Seventh Cavalry Regiment Missouri Volunteers, and encouraging rebellion against the government. The order was signed by Assistant Adjutant General A.V. Colburn.
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Date
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May 22, 1863
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Title
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Kansas and Nebraska 1856
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Description
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This color map, entitled “Kansas and Nebraska 1856,” was printed by J.G. Wells in New York.
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Object Type
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Map
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Date
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1856