From S.G. Allen to Robert M. Stewart

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Title: From S.G. Allen to Robert M. Stewart
Creator: S.G. Allen
Description: This letter, dated May 30, 1858, was written by S.G. Allen in Harrisonville, Missouri, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Allen states that three military companies have been organized in Bates and Cass Counties in Missouri “to act only in self defence” against guerrillas from Kansas. Allen asks Stewart to provide additional protection for the citizens, explaining that “new depredations have been committed new threats have been made and vigorous preparations are going on just over the line—what is to be the end God only knows.”
Date: May 30, 1858
Local Subject: Guerrillas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
People: S.G. Allen
Thomas E Ewing
Geographic Subject: Cass County, Missouri
Bates County, Missouri
Owning Organization: Missouri State Archives
Location: Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 1, Folder 3
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