John Montgomery
C.H. Withington

John Montgomery and C.H. Withington write a letter to Kansas Gov. John W. Geary on September 16, 1856. They inform Geary that a group of armed abolitionists belonging to Gen. Lane’s army invaded their settlement in Allen County, robbed stores, destroyed property, and declared that anyone who refused to join them “may expect to meet a bitter fate.” Montgomery and Withington claim that their community has no means of self-defense and they ask Geary for protection.

September 16, 1856

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Guerrillas
Jayhawkers
Sack of Lawrence (First)

John Montgomery
C.H. Withington
John W Geary
James Henry Lane

Topeka, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Territory Executive Department Correspondence, Folder 35

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