From D.M. Frost to Robert M. Stewart

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Title: From D.M. Frost to Robert M. Stewart
Creator: D.M. Frost
Description: This dispatch, dated November 28, 1860, is from Brig. Gen. D.M. Frost to Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Frost writes from Camp Stewart, Headquarters of the South-West Expedition, informing Stewart that troops from St. Louis and Jefferson City have joined his forces. He also relays information that James Montgomery has killed two Missouri citizens and is presently at Fort Scott, Kansas, “holding a Court by his own authority” and “condemning persons whom he has arrested to be hung.”
Date: November 28, 1860
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
Jayhawkers
People: D.M. Frost
James Montgomery
Geographic Subject: Fort Scott, Kansas
Bourbon County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Missouri State Archives
Location: Missouri-Kansas Border Collection; Office of the Secretary of State, RG005: Box 2, Folder 22
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