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Charles Jennison's Jayhawkers
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Description
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Antislavery guerrillas under Charles Jennison attacking civilians in Missouri.
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Object Type
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Image
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Date
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1864
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Title
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A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
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Description
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This is a copy of Abraham Lincoln's speech, "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand", delivered on June 16, 1858 at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, Illinois. This speech is preserved here in its entirety with original italics as part of a 1936 publication that includes an introduction by Douglas C. McMurtrie.
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Object Type
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Speech
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Date
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June 16, 1858
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Title
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Fletcher Taylor with Frank and Jesse James
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Description
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Charcoal drawing of three of Quantrill's guerrillas: Fletcher Taylor (left), Frank James (sitting), and Jesse James (right). Fletch and Jesse are dressed in suits and hats; Frank is hatless and in uniform.
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Object Type
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Image
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Date
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1893
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Title
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Examination of John Leonard
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Description
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This 1866 Oath of Loyalty document bears the name of John Leonard. Leonard, a 34-year-old native of Ireland, states that he has lived in Missouri for 13 years, and served in the Curbstone Militia during the war. He says he is willing to take "about half of" the Oath of Loyalty. When asked which side he was on during the war, he replies, "On the side of the state of Mo." The document is contained 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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Examination of J.J. Armstrong
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Description
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This is J.J. Armstrong's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Armstrong, a 56-year-old Pennsylvania native, states that he has resided in Missouri for 12 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 144 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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Examination of David Thorp
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Description
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This is David Thorp's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Thorp, a 21-year-old Missouri native, states that he was never required to give bond during the war. The oath is No. 239 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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Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified person in cloak, shirt, and hat with plume andfive stars on the hatband. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is taken from another drawing (MVO-101F).
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Object Type
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Image
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Date
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1893
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Title
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Examination of William Haverty
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Description
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This is William Haverty's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Haverty, a 27-year-old Pennsylvania native, states that he has resided in Missouri for 2 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 156 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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Diary Entries
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Description
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These unsigned diary entries discuss the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the election of the Bogus Legislature and subsequent protests, the arrest of John Brown, and violent Bushwhacker raids. The author describes the “tragic + bloody + exciting scenes” of life on the border of Kansas and Missouri.
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Object Type
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Diary
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Date
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1854-1855
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Title
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The Kansas War & Other Matters
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Description
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This poem was written in 1863 by S.S. Wiciszg, a soldier serving near Hardeeville, South Carolina. Wiciszg describes himself as "a soldier just from Lawrence" and decries the violence and guerrilla warfare in Kansas during the border wars. The poem condemns the Border Ruffians and the Doniphan Tigers. It also criticizes the political climate, and mentions the Free Soilers, Wilson Shannon, Horace Greely, and Arthur Tappan.
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Object Type
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Document
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Date
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1863
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Title
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Examination of Joseph R. Hicks
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Description
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This is Joseph R. Hicks's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hicks, a native of Virginia, states that he has lived in Missouri for 23 years and served in the Curbstone Militia during the war. The oath is No. 203 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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From Frederick Starr to My Dear Father
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Description
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On March 19, 1855, Frederick Starr writes from Weston, Missouri to his father. Starr transcribes a recent article from the local newspaper “Liberty Platform,” in which he is accused of being a “political priest” in charge of a “gang” of abolitionists. Starr believes the article makes unjust and false statements about him, but admits “it may be the impression which has fixed itself upon the minds of the fire eating part of the community. If so I would not have it otherwise.” The article also describes the nomination of Gen. Whitfield as the Kansas Territory delegate to Congress.
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Date
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March 19, 1855
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Title
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Affidavit of Resolved Fuller
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Description
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Resolved Fuller of Jefferson County, Kansas swore this affidavit on or around September 20, 1856. He states that he was arrested the previous week by a group of men claiming to be Capt. Miller’s company. The company, Fuller says, also captured a Mr. Newell and his son, demanded information, and threatened to hang them. Fuller claims he was captured that morning by four strangers, held prisoner for a half hour, and then escaped.
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Title
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Fifth Street, Leavenworth, Kansas
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Description
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This stereograph of Leavenworth, Kansas was taken by Alexander Gardner. Gardner titles the image, "Fifth Street, Leavenworth, Kansas, 809 [309] miles west of St. Louis, Mo."
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Object Type
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Image
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Date
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1867
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Title
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Examination of Joseph Simms
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Description
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This is Joseph Simms's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Simms, a 61-year-old Virginia native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 36 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 170 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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Examination of Michael Fraher
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Description
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This is Michael Fraher's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Fraher, a 49-year-old native of Ireland, states that he has resided in Missouri for 16 years, and served in the Curbstone Militia during the war. He also confirms he "did give bond against my consent. I claimed to be loyal." The oath is No. 189 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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Examination of Hugh McGowan
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Description
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This is Hugh McGowan's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. McGowan describes himself as a 48-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri who was born in Ireland. He states that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government by "coming to the Court House here with my gun in my hand." The oath, labeled No. 110 in a bound volume, was signed by McGowan on October 6, 1866.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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October 6, 1866
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Title
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From Samuel Ayres to Lyman Langdon
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Description
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Samuel Ayres writes a letter from Centreville, Linn County, Kansas, to Lyman Langdon on January 7, 1859. The letter includes a copy of a December 30, 1858 article from the Lawrence Republican titled “Who is Responsible?” The article argues that the guerrilla violence in Linn and Bourbon Counties is not the fault of the Free State supporters, as many have argued, but is rather the fault of the proslavery Democrats. The article also explains how Captain Montgomery has tried to defend Free Staters: “his practice has been to warn an offender to leave in a given time . . . If he does not leave at that time, a company of men called ‘jay-hawkers’ goes and takes a part of his property . . . and otherwise frightens him, thus compelling him to leave.” Ayres ends the letter with the news that he has been instructed to put Linn County under martial law.
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Date
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January 7, 1859
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Title
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Claim of Rias Lewis against Jonah Moore
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Description
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This is the legal claim of Rias Lewis, “a free man of color,” against Jonah Moore for $40 in unpaid wages. The claim is dated September 26, 1854 and is signed by a justice of the peace, a public administrator, and two witnesses in Chariton County, Missouri. A note on the back indicates that the debt was settled in court on August 10, 1855. Attached to the claim is the original agreement for Lewis to work for Moore, signed by both parties and dated February 12, 1850.
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Date
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February 12, 1850-August 10, 1855
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Title
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From Edward Fitch to Dear Parents
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Description
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Edward Fitch of Lawrence, Kansas, writes a letter to his parents in Massachusetts on August 9, 1857, announcing that Kansas has voted to ratify the Topeka Constitution. He adds that Free State supporters appear to comprise a majority in Kansas. Fitch complains about a recent Herald of Freedom article on the apportionment of the Kansas Legislature, and claims that it is “the most damning piece of villany ever perpetrated by any men or set of men.”
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Date
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August 9, 1857
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