From O.H.P. Craig to A.M. Bedford

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Title: From O.H.P. Craig to A.M. Bedford
Creator: O.H.P. Craig
Description: This letter, dated April 25, 1861, is from O.H.P. Craig in St. Joseph, Missouri to Alex M. Bedford in Savannah, Missouri. Craig announces, “We have nothing here, but War! War!” He reports that local business has stagnated and that everyone is eager for news about the war. He also mentions that he recently returned from a trip to St. Louis and that residents there are full of “excitement and alarm.”
Date: April 25, 1861
Local Subject: Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: O.H.P. Craig
Geographic Subject: Andrew County, Missouri
Buchanan County, Missouri
St. Joseph, Missouri
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia
Location: Bedford Family Papers, 1849-1870; C2610: f. 8, April 25, 1861-June 13, 1863
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