S.H. Woodson

On July 1, 1856, S.H. Woodson writes from Independence, Missouri to Gen. George R. Smith. Woodson denies the charge that he called Smith "as great an Abolitionist as there was in Massachusetts or in New York," declaring "There is not one word of truth in it."

July 1, 1856

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
African Americans

S.H. Woodson

Independence, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Cass County, Missouri

Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center

Smith Papers, 6-1856 - 12-1856

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