Kansas State Central Committee
H. Miles Moore
W.R. Frost
Morris Hunt
J. Lawson

This September 3, 1856 letter is from the Kansas State Central Committee to Lieut. Col. Philip St. George Cooke. The committee members state that Free State supporters have been forced to take up arms to defend themselves against “the inhuman atrocities of organized bands of assassins” from Missouri. They claim that the civil authorities have not helped, and they ask Cooke for protection. The letter is signed by H. Miles Moore, secretary of the committee, as well as W.R. Frost, Morris Hunt, and J. Lawson.

September 3, 1856

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Bushwhackers
Guerrillas
Kansas military units

Kansas State Central Committee
H. Miles Moore
W.R. Frost
Morris Hunt
J. Lawson

Fort Riley, Kansas
Lecompton, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Riley County, Kansas

Kansas Historical Society

William I.R. Blackman Coll. #278, Box 1 Folder 2

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