Platte County Sentinel
A.G. Brown
W.H. Paxton

This September 12, 1863 article from the Platte County Sentinel describes a “mass meeting” held at Platte City, Missouri, on September 7, 1863. According to the article, attendees at the meeting passed several resolutions condemning the recent attacks on Lawrence. Attendees also passed a resolution calling for the immediate emanicpation of all the slaves in Missouri.

September 12, 1863

Bushwhackers
Guerrillas
Surviving a Guerrilla War
African Americans
Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence

Platte County Sentinel
A.G. Brown
W.H. Paxton
William Clarke Quantrill

Platte County, Missouri
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Newspaper Article

State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia

Starr, F. C2073: f. 7, Broadsides, 1863

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