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Date: November 8, 1854
Kansas Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder issued this certificate appointing James S. Emery as a justice of the peace for the Kansas Territory’s First District. The boundaries of the First District…
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Date: August 5, 1857
The first letter in this letter press book concerns political affairs in the territory. The letter is addressed to Thomas Ewing, Sr., in Lancaster, Ohio, and dated Leavenworth, Kansas, August…
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Date: November 1, 1856
The document outlines the details related to the establishment of the Quindaro Town Company in Kansas Territory. It calls for the distribution of lots (shares) among the four founders (Joel…
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Date: July 17, 1857
George W. Smith, Jr. of Lawrence, Kansas Territory, requests a supply of “arms . . . for distribution among the Free State men who have formed themselves into Companies.” Smith’s…
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Date: 1856
According to an attached note that cited the November 15, 1856, issue of the “Herald of Freedom,” this “list of individuals and clothing” identifies supplies needed by a group of…
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Date: October 10, 1858
Thompson, writing from the Department of Interior in Washington, D.C., to Governor James W. Denver, urges Denver to remain in the position of territorial governor as a service to the…
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Date: June 3, 1858
H. P. A. Smith, writing from Fort Scott, Kansas Territory, to Governor James W. Denver, reports on events of May 30, 1858, involving Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel D. Walker’s attempt…
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Date: June 2, 1858
Writing from Fort Scott, Kansas Territory, to Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, George W. Clarke describes a May 30, 1858, incident in which Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel D. Walker…
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Date: May 16, 1858
Captain Thomas J. Wood, writing from Fort Scott, Kansas Territory, to Governor James W. Denver, reports on the efforts of the U.S. Army to maintain order in southeast Kansas Territory.…
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Date: May 16, 1858
Williams, writing from Fort Scott, Kansas Territory, to Governor James W. Denver, complains about the activities of James Montgomery and “his murderers & robbers” in Bourbon County. Williams, who displayed…
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Date: April 25, 1858
Robert S. Stevens, writing from Washington, D.C., to Governor James W. Denver, reports that Congress had passed the English Bill, which essentially resubmitted the Lecompton Constitution to a vote in…
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Date: April 3, 1858
Robert S. Stevens, writing from Washington, D.C., to Governor James W. Denver, reports on the U.S. House of Representative’s passage of the Crittenden-Montgomery resolution, which proposed to resubmit the Lecompton…
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Date: May 14, 1859
Lincoln regretfully declines an invitation to attend the Osawatomie convention on May 18, 1859, which was to formally organize the Republican Party in Kansas. Lincoln warns against “the temptation to…
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Date: November 18, 1859
From Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, Delahay responds to Samuel Wood’s November 14th request that Delahay come to “the Grove” [Council Grove] to assist with the election campaign. Delahay is not sure…
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Date: December 18, 1860
On letterhead from attorneys “Christian & Lane,” James H. Lane writes M. W. Delahay a “Strictly confidential” letter of Lane’s plan to help John Speer, Lawrence editor and “faithful friend,”…
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Date: February 4, 1860
This document is an appeal to “The President of the Country, To the Churches, To Congress, To State Legislatures, To Philanthropists, and To the humane everywhere!!” to support those suffering…
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Date: 1860
This document contains additional reports of conditions in various Kansas Territory counties during the drought of 1860. It consists of letters that W. F. M. Arny copied and sent to…
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Date: 1860
These accounts describe conditions in Kansas Territory in terms of the 1860 drought. Among the topics mentioned are the price of land (both in the past and currently), the number…
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Date: July 16, 1861
This document settles a court case from the Second District Court of the Territory of Kansas, decided in November, 1860. James S. Emery was successful in getting a judgment against…
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Date: November 5, 1856
This hand written deed documents Nathaniel S. Higgins of Fair Haven, Massachusetts, purchase of half of an undivided lot (Number 30) and the stone or concrete building currently occupied by…
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Date: July 4, 1856 through June 19, 1857
The account book entries record Emery’s loss of personal property as a result of July, 1856, violence between free state and proslavery advocates. Emery also recordes his expenses for making…
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Date: July 2, 1859
This document, issued by the Auditor’s Office in Lecompton, Kansas Territory, promises to pay James S. Emery $1,045.25 for “Adjustments and Payments of Claims.” The portion of the certificate used…
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Date: June 6, 1858
This letter, written by Paul R. Brooks from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, describes the Kansas Territory land claim dispute between James Lane and Gaius Jenkins, which ended with Lane killing Jenkins.…
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Date: November 20, 1856
The letter indicatesthat J. S. Emery was duly authorized by the New England Emigrant Aid Company as an agent to organize state, county, and town associations in New Hampshire to…
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Date: July 28, 1856
While a prisoner at Camp Sackett near Lecompton, Kansas Territory, Charles Robinson informs Frémont that James Emery was traveling east and should be used in Frémont’s presidential campaign as a…
