From T.W.B. Rockwell to Robert M. Stewart

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Title: From T.W.B. Rockwell to Robert M. Stewart
Creator: T.W.B. Rockwell
Description: This letter was written on March 16, 1859 by T.W.B. Rockwell in Butler, Bates County, Missouri to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Rockwell reports “we…had the Border Bill published in our county paper...the people wish to be organized & as yet I am unable to give them any satisfaction.” He adds, "Affairs are not as quiet as they were," since "we had one negro stolen."
Date: March 16, 1859
Local Subject: African Americans
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
People: T.W.B. Rockwell
Geographic Subject: Bates County, Missouri
Owning Organization: Missouri State Archives
Location: Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 1, Folder 35
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