David M. Fox

This letter, dated November 27, 1860, is from David M. Fox in Fredericktown, Missouri to Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Fox complains about violent guerrilla attacks launched by James Montgomery and John Brown. He claims that the people in his town have neither arms nor militia for defense, and he asks Stewart to send somebody to organize a militia. Fox also complains that the election of President Lincoln has “thrown a gloom over our people.”

November 27, 1860

Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Guerrillas
Jayhawkers
African Americans
Surviving a Guerrilla War
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri

David M. Fox
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
James Montgomery

Missouri State Archives

Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 2, Folder 21

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