From R.R. Boone to Dear Father

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Title: From R.R. Boone to Dear Father
Creator: R.R. Boone
Description: R.R. Boone writes a letter from Buchanan County, Missouri to his father on September 12, 1858. Boone reacts to news of guerrilla warfare in Kansas, proclaiming "I am a great mind some times to gather my Rifle and gow & skalp some of these infernal theaving abolitionist." He criticizes both political parties and voices anger that the government has not put a stop to the violence in Kansas.
Date: September 12, 1858
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
People: R.R. Boone
Geographic Subject: Buchanan County, Missouri
St. Joseph, Missouri
Owning Organization: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center
Location: Boone Family Papers
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