Proclamation to Discharge Kansas Volunteer Militia

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Title: Proclamation to Discharge Kansas Volunteer Militia
Creator: John W. Geary
Description: The lower half of this page includes a complete proclamation by Territorial Kansas Governor John W. Geary on September 11, 1856. Geary declares that the Kansas volunteer militia, originally organized to maintain order, is "no longer required, and hereby order that they be immediately discharged." This page is taken from the 1888 publication of Collections of the Kansas Historical Society, v. IV.
Date: September 11, 1856
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Kansas military units
People: John W. Geary
City: Lecompton
Object Type: Government Document
Owning Organization: Missouri Valley Special Collections
State: Kansas
County: Douglas County
Location: Periodicals: v.1875-1928
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