Petition for a Provision Train to Leavenworth

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Title: Petition for a Provision Train to Leavenworth
Creator: E.S. Ladd
N.S. Storrs
B. Johnson
James Christian
George W. Smith
John Mack
S. Sutherland
G. Hutchinson
Description: This petition, dated September 18, 1856, requests that Kansas Gov. John W. Geary send a provision train to Leavenworth. It states: “Hundreds of our citizens are suffering – almost starving for supplies that could be easily obtained by your aid in three days. It seems impossible to wait until next week, and we hope you will give our case your earliest possible attention.” The petition is signed by ten citizens of Leavenworth, Kansas.
Date: September 18, 1856
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
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People: E.S. Ladd
N.S. Storrs
B. Johnson
James Christian
George W. Smith
John Mack
S. Sutherland
G. Hutchinson
John W Geary
Geographic Subject: Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Object Type: Petition
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Kansas Territory Executive Department Correspondence, Folder 35
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