From Thomas Sherwood to Friend Woodward

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Title: From Thomas Sherwood to Friend Woodward
Creator: Thomas Sherwood
Description: This letter, dated July 5, 1855, is from Thomas Sherwood in Squaws Leg City to his friend Woodward. Sherwood says that he has just left Pawnee, Kansas, where the Legislature is now in session, and mentions that the Legislature might move to the Shawnee Methodist Mission. He describes a conflict between Kansas Gov. Andrew Reeder and Benjamin Stringfellow, which began when Reeder accused Stringfellow, a Missourian, of voting illegally in Kansas.
Date: July 5, 1855
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Border Ruffians
Popular Sovereignty
People: Thomas Sherwood
Andrew Reeder
Geographic Subject: Shawnee Indian Mission, Kansas
Fort Riley, Kansas
Geary County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Location: Thomas Sherwood Collection, RH MS P152
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