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Examination of Charles Cunan
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Description
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This is Charles Cunan's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Cunan, a 21-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he served in the Federal military during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 58 in a bound volume, was signed by Cunan on September 29, 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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September 29, 1866
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Examination of Edward Withers
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In this document, Edward Withers, a 23-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he does not know whether he truly remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War. Clay County residents were required to declare their loyalty in order to vote. Withers signed the document in 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair
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This letter was written on December 13, 1860 by Florella Brown Adair in Hudson, Ohio, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair. Florella writes that she has been reading in the papers about “the troubles in Kansas,” and that she occasionally reads Samuel’s letters to relatives who are interested in events in the Territory. She adds that Lincoln’s election has caused “great excitement” in Hudson, where “every kind of business seems to be out of joint & in a depressed state.”
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Date
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December 13, 1860
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From Florella Brown Adair to Samuel Lyle Adair and Emma Adair
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Description
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This letter was written on April 8, 9, and 10, 1861 by Florella Brown Adair in South Salem, to her husband Samuel Lyle Adair and daughter Emma Adair. Florella writes that she continues to have difficulty collecting money for Kansas, and declares “I hope there will be not one cent given to those who will not work, as hard as I have to get the little I have for their benefit.”
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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April 8, 1861-April 10, 1861
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Missouri State Militia List of Articles Lost or Destroyed
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Description
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This military document lists articles lost or destroyed in the public service in Forsythe, Missouri while in the possession of James J. Akard, Captain of Company "A", 8th Cavalry Regiment Missouri State Militia in the month of December 1863.
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Date
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December 1863
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From James Henry Lane to R.M. Ainsworth
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This is a copy of a letter written by Gen. James Henry Lane, labeled the first letter of the Wakarusa War. In the letter, dated December 1, 1855 and addressed to R.M. Ainsworth, Lane writes that a Free State man, Charles Dow, was “cowardly + brutally murdered by a gang of Proslavery men” in Lawrence, Kansas. Violence and threats followed, Lane says, and according to rumors, “this city is to be demolished without delay.”
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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December 1, 1855
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Republican Banner for 1860
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Description
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Republican Party banner for the 1860 Presidential campaign featuring Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for vice president.
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Image
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Date
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1860
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Quarterly Return of Quartermaster's Stores, 1862
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Description
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This military document is a return of quartermaster's stores for Company "A" 8th Cavalry Regiment Missouri State Militia under command of Captain David D. Stockton for the second quarter of 1862.
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Date
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1862
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Title
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The Fall of General Lyon
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Description
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Nathaniel Lyon falling from horse after being shot in the Civil War, Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861. Engraving by H.B. Hall. Drawing by F.O.C. Darley.
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Image
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From James Griffing to Cuttie
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This October 30, 1864 letter was written by James Griffing in Lincoln, to Cuttie. James describes General Price’s capture of the arsenal at Topeka, declaring “The Topeka boys fought like tigers.” He gives an account of acquaintances killed in the Battle of Westport, adding that he believes “Missouri will be safer now.” He cautions Cuttie not to buy much at current prices, since “everything is bound to change after the election.”
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Date
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October 30, 1864
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Examination of Richardson Terrell
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This is Richardson Terrell's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Terrell, a 28-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Kentucky and demonstrated his loyalty to the Union "by Entering the service of the Govt." during the Civil War. The oath, labeled No. 32 in a bound volume, was signed by Terrell in 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
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The Room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C.H., in which Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant. Most written accounts of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, noted the difference between Lee’s stiff dignity and Grant’s more relaxed demeanor. This lithograph of the event, showing the two men as they waited for the peace terms to be copied, captures that difference better than most. After the surrender, Wilmer McLean, the owner of the house, lost much of his furniture to soldiers desiring mementos of the historic event. Later, in what proved to be a futile effort to recoup his losses and raise funds for his needy family, he commissioned this print.
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Image
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Date
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1867
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Price's Raid
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Description
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Samuel J. Reader painting of Price's Raid when Reader was a Union prisoner of war amongst the Rebel Army from October 22-25, 1864, escaping shortly after the Battle of Mine Creek. Reader made this painting the following year at his home in Indianola (just north of downtown Topeka), Kansas. Reader labels the painting, "'Close Up' 'Double Quick!' Members of the 2nd Regiment Kansas State Militia, prisoners of war. 'Price Raid', October, AD. 1864. An eye-witness. On the way to 'Camp Ford' prison pen, near Tyler, Texas".
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Image
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Date
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February 13, 1865
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Governor Wilson Shannon (1802–1877)
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Description
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Wilson Shannon, a former governor of Ohio, was appointed Kansas territorial governor by President Franklin Pierce. In contrast to his predecessor, Andrew H. Reeder, Shannon was outspoken in his proslavery stance and even failed to defend the town of Lawrence from a proslavery raid in May 1856. The "Bleeding Kansas" era began during Shannon's term in office, as the Pottawatomie Massacre and other threats of violence emerged. Admitting failure, Shannon left the territory on June 23, 1856 and his resignation was tendered on August 18, 1856. Still, Shannon's 9.5 month tenure was the longest of any of Kansas Territory's embattled governors.
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Image
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Date
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n.d.
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From William N. Taylor to Sir
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Description
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This letter of July 3, 1860 is from William N. Taylor, sheriff of Raymond Hinds County, Mississippi; the recipient is presumably a slaveowner. In the letter, Sheriff Taylor indicates he is holding a male slave in his jail who “says that he belongs to you and that he Ranaway from you in Missouri.” Taylor writes, “If he be your property you will please…take him away after paying charges, etc.”
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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July 3, 1860
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Title
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Samuel Ryan Curtis
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Description
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Black and white portrait of General Samuel Ryan Curtis standing, as published in a photographic album by E & H.T. Anthony. One of the first Republicans elected to Congress representing Iowa's 1st congressional district, Curtis resigned his seat in 1861 to join the Union Army. Curtis commanded Union forces to several victories during the Civil War, including at the Battle of Pea Ridge and the Battle of Westport.
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Image
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Correspondence of the Kansas Territory Executive Department
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This group of documents, dated between 1855 and 1856, comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the construction of the capital building at Lecompton, Kansas. Kansas Governors Reeder, Geary, and Shannon participated in the correspondence, which includes the appointment of Owen C. Stewart as Superintendent of Construction on October 20, 1855, and a contract for construction dated December 27, 1855.
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Government Document
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Date
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1855-1856
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From John C. Gage to Dear Friends
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This letter, dated December 8, 1862, was written by John C. Gage in Kansas City, Missouri to friends in Pelham, New Hampshire. Declaring that the “guerrillas” have gone, John describes how his community has been altered by the war: “It is the common course of things for anybody to get killed. Even their own families hardly seem to mourn for them.” He adds that those injured in battle are often seen “about the streets with their crutches.”
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Date
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December 8, 1862
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From D.A.W. Morehouse to Robert M. Stewart
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This letter was written on June 28, 1858 by D.A.W. Morehouse in Papinsville, Missouri, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart in Jefferson City, Missouri. Morehouse tells Stewart about the organization of a company of mounted dragoons in Papinsville, and lists the company’s officers. Morehouse requests that Stewart issue the appropriate commissions and supply them with arms: “It is actually necessary that we should be armed and equipped to sustain civil order. Our lives and property and our families cannot otherwise be protected.”
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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June 28, 1858
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