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Certificate of Lost Missouri State Militia Property
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Missouri State Militia 8th Cavalry Company "A" Captain James J. Akard completes this certificate of lost property on February 19th, 1865, indicating the loss of cooking equipment while traveling from Springfield, Missouri to Saint Louis, Missouri.
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Date
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February 19, 1865
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Examination of Thomas Field
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This is Thomas Field's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Field, a 52-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, originally from Kentucky, states that during the Civil War he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government by "staying at home." The oath, No. 11 in a bound volume, was signed by Field in 1866.
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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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From Unknown to Hamilton R. Gamble
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This letter, dated August 2, 1862, is from an unknown writer in DeKalb, Missouri to Missouri Gov. Hamilton R. Gamble. The writer asks Gamble to replace Gen. B.F. Loan, claiming that Loan is disobeying Gamble's orders and plotting to appoint a military governor in Missouri. In a statement written on the reverse side, Gamble notes that he referred the letter to Lieut. Gov. Hall, and expresses doubt that Gen. Loan is guilty of "the insubordinate language imputed to him" by the anonymous writer.
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Date
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August 2, 1862
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Business Permits
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These four business permits were issued on October 12, 21, and 22, 1864 by Col. R.N. Hershfield. Hershfield grants permission to four different citizens to produce beer for the Army, to run a ferry boat, to keep a shop open, and to continue operating a millinery establishment.
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Date
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October 12, 1864 and October 21, 1864-October 22, 1864
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From Edward Fitch to Dear Father
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This unsigned May 20, 1858 letter is presumably from Edward Fitch of Lawrence, Kansas to his father in Massachusetts. Fitch criticizes the Lecompton Constitution and the English Bill due to their proslavery stance. He fears that those in the Kansas territory will accept the English Bill since it offers large amount of public lands to Kansas settlers. Though Fitch fears Kansas' entrance into the Union as a slave state, he ends his letter in an optimistic tone, remarking that it would be as impossible to make Kansas into a slave state “as it would be to make Hell out of Heaven.”
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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May 20, 1858
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From Mary E. Bedford to Alex M. Bedford
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On November 12, 1864, Mary E. Bedford writes from her home to her husband Alex M. Bedford, a prisoner of war at Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Georgia. Mary reports that their children are attending school in Savannah, Missouri with Mrs. Boone and are “learning very fast.” She reports the recent death of her father’s horse, Old Sal, and laments, “I cannot get another horse to work as well in the cart…I feel like I was all most broke up.” Mary tells Alex that she will send him a box of provisions and clothing when she is sure he has not been exchanged.
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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November 12, 1864
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From George H. Hall to Dear Lydia
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This letter is from George H. Hall to his sister Lydia. Hall writes from St. Joseph, Missouri on November 17, 1859, and refers to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. He calls Brown a coward, and argues that "his only acts in Kansas Territory . . . were the assassination of unarmed families and his great skill in running off negroes."
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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November 17, 1859
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Applications of Sarah Corder
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These are Sarah S. Corder’s applications for compensation from the United States government for the military service of John Corder’s slaves, Daniel, Henry, Jack, and Strother. The applications, dated December 4 and 22, 1866, include oaths of allegiance to the United States, statements that John Corder lawfully acquired his slaves, and the signatures of five witnesses and two notary publics in Lafayette County, Missouri. Pencil notes on the ninth, thirteenth, and seventeenth pages indicate that three of the applications were rejected.
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Date
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December 4, 1866-December 22, 1866
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Another Abolition Outrage
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Description
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The St. Louis Daily Bulletin printed this article on December 11, 1860, announcing that a party of abolitionists tried to steal forty slaves from Morgan Walker in Independence, Missouri. J.H. McMurray, author of the article, writes: "Walker told them to take the negroes, and commenced shooting. One of the gang fell dead on the steps; one was taken prisoner, and the messenger thought two others were killed."
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Date
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December 11, 1860
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Slave Bill of Sale
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Description
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This slave bill of sale, dated 1861, was drafted in Marion County, Missouri by Cleopatra Frazier. Frazier attests that she sold a female slave named Margaret and her daughter named Mary Jane to Isaac R. Campbell. Campbell paid $300 for both of the slaves.
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Date
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1861
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Title
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From A.M. Bedford to Mary E. Bedford
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Description
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This letter, dated February 3, 1865, is from Lieut. Alex M. Bedford in Hilton Head, S.C. to his wife, Mary E. Bedford. He tells his wife that he has been taking medicine, but that his health is still poor. He informs her that he will likely be home by the middle of March, but “if I cannot live at home in peace I can go to my Brothers in nevada territory.” He asks her to send him a check so that he has enough money to travel home.
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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February 3, 1865
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Title
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Andrew J. Link
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Description
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This carte de visite depicts Andrew J. Link, who served in the Fifth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The photograph was produced ca. 1861-1865.
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Object Type
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Image
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Title
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From William Hutchinson and H. Miles Moore to Daniel Woodson and Col. Cook
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This letter, dated September 2, 1856, was sent by William Hutchinson and H. Miles Moore in Lawrence, Kansas, to Acting Kansas Gov. Daniel Woodson and Col. Cook. Hutchinson and Moore contend that after they sent two men to meet with Woodson about crimes against their property, these men were taken by a mob and detained in Lecompton, Kansas. They ask that Woodson explain why the two men continue to be detained when there are no legal charges against them.
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Date
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September 2, 1856
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From John P. Scott to A. Comingo
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On December 13, 1863, John P. Scott writes from St. Louis to Capt. A. Comingo, Provost Marshal for the 6th District of Missouri, in Lexington, Missouri. Scott says he heard a rumor "that I am enrolled in Saline County under the conscription act," when he has actually fled the county out of fear for his personal safety. He asks Comingo to transfer his enrollment to St. Louis, and explains that he is part of the second class draft, "being forty four and a half years old."
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Date
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December 13, 1863
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Election of A.J. Huntoon
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This certificate declares A.J. Huntoon’s election to First Lieutenant of a volunteer company of Cavalry of the Kansas State Militia. It is dated August 25, 1863 and is signed by Kansas Gov. Thomas Carney and Secretary of State W.W.H. Lawrence in Topeka.
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Date
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August 25, 1863
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Title
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From John Stillman Brown to William Brown
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Description
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On February 14, 1858, John Stillman Brown writes a letter from Lawrence, Kansas to his son William. Brown criticizes the Lecompton Constitution and declares that "Our politics, like the weather, are some what squally." He predicts an influx of immigrants to Kansas, and states his belief that "Kansas is sure to be Free. In two years there will not be a slave in Kansas."
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Date
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February 14, 1858
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