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Dred Scott
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Wood engraving of Dred Scott in "Century Magazine," 1887.
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Image
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Date
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1887
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Title
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Examination of Edwin G. Hamilton
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This is Edwin G. Hamilton's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hamilton, a 22-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 11 years and served in the militia during the war. The oath is No. 212 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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Samuel Forster Tappan
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Description
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Photograph of Samuel Forster Tappan, a Kansas Territory resident who served as secretary of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention.
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Image
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Date
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n.d.
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Petition of P. Fuller and Wm. Moore of Centropolis
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This petition, written ca. 1856, is addressed to Kansas Gov. John W. Geary and is signed by P. Fuller and William Moore of Centropolis, Kansas. Fuller and Moore request, on behalf of the citizens of Douglas County, that Geary send troops to protect them from armed men in the area. The petitioners claim that 600-700 armed men were recently spotted marching near Sugar Creek and Turkey Creek.
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Object Type
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Petition
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William T. Anderson Memorial Portrait
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Description
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Tintype photograph of William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson, taken shortly after his death on October 27, 1864 in Richmond, Missouri.
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Image
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Date
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October 27, 1864
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Charles Fletcher (Fletch) Taylor
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Charles Fletcher Taylor (Fletch) dressed in suit coat, shirt, tie, and hat. Fletch Taylor was one of the first members of Quantrill's raiders. He took part in the Lawrence, Kansas, massacre on August 21, 1863, and lost his arm from a gunshot wound in 1864. After the war he became a wealthy and respected citizen as vice president and general superintendent of the Joplin Mining and Smelting Co. Date of death is uncertain but may have been sometime between August 1916 and August 1917.
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Image
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Date
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1893
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Resolutions Presented to the Missouri State Convention
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Description
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This document presents resolutions drafted ca. March 7, 1861 by Abram Comingo for the Missouri State Convention held in Jefferson City, Missouri. Comingo declares, “we are warmly attached to the Federal Union, and…we will not cease our efforts for its preservation,” but warns that Missouri “will resist and oppose any attempt that may point to the coercion of the seceded States.” Comingo proposes a meeting of representatives from the border states for the purpose of “presenting a plan of adjustment” to the states that have not seceded.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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1860 Circuit Attorney Election Returns from Saline County, Missouri
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Description
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This document presents the election returns from Saline County, Missouri for the circuit attorney election held on November 6, 1860: Jonathan C. Royle received 889 votes and John W. Bryant received 845 votes. On November 7, Jesse Davis, Clerk of the Saline County Court, certified the results.
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Object Type
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Legal Document
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Date
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November 7, 1860
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POW barracks rebuilt at Fort Delaware
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Description
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Image of replica POW barracks at Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island. Confederate prisoners held at the fort included Missouri resident Alex M. Bedford and Brig. Gen. M. Jeff Thompson, Missouri State Guard.
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Image
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Date
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March 9, 2010
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Examination of Joel H. Martin
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Description
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This is Joel H. Martin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Martin, a native of Kentucky, states that he has lived in Missouri for 34 years. He says he served in the State Guard during the war and "was arrested on suspicion of being a bushwhacker and was under arrest six weeks." He was later acquitted of the charge. The oath 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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From Philip St. George Cooke to Colonel Preston
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Description
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This dispatch, dated October 10, 1856, is from Lieut. Col. Philip St. George Cooke to Col. Preston. Cooke states that Col. Eldridge and Gen. Pomeroy are in command of 240 troops, and that they are adequately supplied with arms and ammunition.
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Date
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October 10, 1856
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Title
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Nebraska and Kansas
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Description
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This color map, entitled “Nebraska and Kansas,” shows those two territories, the territory acquired from Mexico in 1854, and a small map of the continental United States. The map was published in 1854 by J.H. Colton and Co. in New York.
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Object Type
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Map
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Date
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1854
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Title
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Examination of James D. Baxter
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Description
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This is James D. Baxter's Oath of Loyalty to the United States, given on September 22, 1866. Baxter, a twenty-seven year old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that during the Civil War, he "sympathized with the Government" and served in the Missouri State Militia. He swears that he only left Missouri once during the war, when he was hired to "take some negroes South." He admits that he has cousins who served in the Missouri State Guard, but attests that "I know nothing further." The oath, No. 1 in a bound volume, is signed by Baxter and by James W. James, Clay County Register.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Date
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September 22, 1866
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From John Bretz to Trusten Polk
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Description
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John Bretz of Buchanan County, Missouri writes a letter to Trusten W. Polk on August 16, 1856, congratulating him on being elected Governor. Bretz also announces his own election to Legislature and expresses happiness that the entire Democratic ticket triumphed over the Know Nothing and Benton Parties. Bretz requests as a favor from Polk to retain his friend Maj. Cochran as warden of the penitentiary.
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Date
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August 16, 1856
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Examination of Nathan D. Law
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Description
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This is Nathan D. Law's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Law, a 35-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he has lived in Missouri for 10 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 153 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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From Sterling Price to John W. Geary
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Description
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This letter, dated September 9, 1856, was written by Sterling Price on Executive Department letterhead in Jefferson City, Missouri, to Kansas Gov. John W. Geary. Price believes that the Missouri citizens currently in Kansas are there to “protect their friends and relatives in Kansas from the murderer, the incendiary, and the robber,” and will disband immediately upon Geary’s order. Price states that if he is wrong, he will do everything in his power to assist Geary in quelling the “disturbance.”
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Date
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September 9, 1856
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From W.J. Patterson to Sterling Price
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Description
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This telegram is from W.J. Patterson in Parkville, Missouri to Gov. Sterling Price in Jefferson City, Missouri. The telegram, dated April 26, 1855, states that an armed mob destroyed Patterson’s printing press and threatened to kill the citizens of Platte County if they did not leave. Patterson, an editor of a Free Soil paper, The Parkville Luminary, asks Gov. Price to send state authorities to protect the county, emphasizing that danger is imminent.
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Object Type
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Telegram
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Date
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April 26, 1855
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From Calvin Iserman to Brother William
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Description
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In this letter of September 5, 1858, Calvin Iserman writes from Independence, Missouri to his brother William. Calvin declares that Independence is hostile to free-staters: “Most of the head men of this town, and the wealthiest, are slave holders who…hate a free-state man worse than they do the Devil.” Calvin adds that his father plans to move to Kansas Territory in the fall or spring to live “among some free state men.” The letter includes a separate note to “sister Gus,” possibly written by Calvin’s wife.
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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September 5, 1858
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Fort Scott Army Post, Officers Quarters
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Description
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The Fort Scott officers quarters were constructed between 1842 to 1848. Army officers and their families who were posted at Fort Scott lived in the quarters.
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Image
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Date
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1890-1900
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