From D.W. Frost to Robert M. Stewart

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Title: From D.W. Frost to Robert M. Stewart
Creator: D.W. Frost
William D. Wood
Description: This letter was written on January 9, 1859 by Brig. Gen. D.M. Frost, Missouri Militia, at Headquarters, 1st Military District in St. Louis, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart in Jefferson City, Missouri. Frost refers to Stewart’s recommendation that a military force be organized to protect “our State frontiers against the depredations of Kansas Outlaws & Ruffians,” and states that he is “prepared at any moment to Execute your orders.”
Date: January 9, 1859
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
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People: D.W. Frost
William D. Wood
Owning Organization: Missouri State Archives
Location: Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 1, Folder 32
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