Document Regarding Collapse of Women's Prison

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Title: Document Regarding Collapse of Women's Prison
Creator: Thomas E. Ewing
Description: This document certifies that a building known as "No. 13 Metropolitan Block" housed a women's prison in July and August 1863, by order of Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Ewing, Jr. The building, located in McGee's Addition to Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed on August 13, 1863. This document was signed by Ewing at the Headquarters of the District of the Border in Kansas City on September 11, 1863.
Date: September 11, 1863
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
People: Thomas E. Ewing
Thomas E Ewing
Geographic Subject: Kansas City, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Kansas City
Location: Collapse of Women’s Prison at 15th and Grand Research Notes (K0349): f.2
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