James Mooney
J.A. Pigg
A.H. Spencer
T.W.B. Rockwell
Alex Feely
William Boyer

This letter was written on January 4, 1859 by Capt. James Mooney in West Point, Missouri to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Mooney describes several recent incidents of robbery, property destruction, and murder perpetrated against the citizens of Bates and Vernon Counties in Missouri by guerrillas from Kansas. Mooney states that a company of 100 men has been organized within the counties; he requests that the company be “properly armed and equipped” and accepted into the service of the state. The final page of the letter is an endorsement of Mooney’s statements by J.A. Pigg and four other men.

January 4, 1859

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas

James Mooney
J.A. Pigg
A.H. Spencer
T.W.B. Rockwell
Alex Feely
William Boyer

Bates County, Missouri
Vernon County, Missouri
Linn County, Missouri

Missouri State Archives

Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 1, Folder 27

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