Anna Weibling
Sarah Evans
Abigail Lucas
Elizabeth Evans
Elisabeth Crock
D.A. Strong
Mary A. Clark
M.H. Smith
Anne R. Marshall
Zulima Evans
Margaret Draper
Mary Marshall
Marietta S. Barber
Mrs. R.C. Swift

This petition, written ca. September 1856, is addressed to Kansas Gov. John W. Geary and is signed by 16 women in Leavenworth, Kansas. The petitioners complain that they have been driven from their homes by a group of armed men. They say that some of their husbands have been imprisoned or extradited, “leaving us unprotected in the midst of a scene of general robbery and all too frequently of murder.” They also claim that the mayor of Leavenworth and other city officials were aware of the raids and failed to stop them. The petitioners ask Geary for his assistance.

Women
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas

Anna Weibling
Sarah Evans
Abigail Lucas
Elizabeth Evans
Elisabeth Crock
D.A. Strong
Mary A. Clark
M.H. Smith
Anne R. Marshall
Zulima Evans
Margaret Draper
Mary Marshall
Marietta S. Barber
Mrs. R.C. Swift
John W Geary

Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas

Petition

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Territory Executive Department Correspondence, Folder 35

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