A Letter from the Original Members of the Leavenworth Association, K.T. to Jefferson Davis

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Title: A Letter from the Original Members of the Leavenworth Association, K.T. to Jefferson Davis
Alternate Title: A Letter from the Original Members of the Leavenworth Association, K.T. to Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of the War Department
Creator: Daniel Stevens
James Hardesty
Oliver Diefendorf
Joseph B. Evans
Samuel Norton
W.H. Adams
George H. Keller
Frederick Starr
Samuel Fernandis
L.D. Bird
H. Miles Moore
W.G. Caples
John C. Gist
L.W. Caples
W.S. Murphy
Joseph Murphy
John Bull
Merit Johnson
Edward Mix
Malcolm Clark
A.T. Kyle
J.S. Todd
L.A. Wisely
J.F. Bruner
Samuel Few
Finch & O’Gorman
Description: This pamphlet, dated March 13, 1855, is entitled “A Letter from the Original Members of the Leavenworth Association, K.T. to Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of the War Department.” The pamphlet voices the Association’s concerns about Executive Document No. 50 of the 2nd Session of the 33rd Congress, regarding the military Indian reservation at Fort Leavenworth. The pamphlet was printed by Finch & O’Gorman in Weston, Missouri, and is signed by 26 Association members.
Date: March 13, 1855
Local Subject: American Indians
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas military units
People: Daniel Stevens
James Hardesty
Oliver Diefendorf
Joseph B. Evans
Samuel Norton
W.H. Adams
George H. Keller
Frederick Starr
Samuel Fernandis
L.D. Bird
H. Miles Moore
W.G. Caples
John C. Gist
L.W. Caples
W.S. Murphy
Joseph Murphy
John Bull
Merit Johnson
Edward Mix
Malcolm Clark
A.T. Kyle
J.S. Todd
L.A. Wisely
J.F. Bruner
Samuel Few
Finch & O’Gorman
Jefferson Davis
Franklin Pierce
Geographic Subject: Leavenworth County, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Weston, Missouri
Platte County, Missouri
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Object Type: Pamphlet
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia
Location: Starr, F. C2073: f. 8, Pamphlets, 1855
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