From Daniel Woodson to H.H. Sibley

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Title: From Daniel Woodson to H.H. Sibley
Creator: Daniel Woodson
Description: This dispatch, dated July 4, 1856, was sent by Acting Kansas Gov. Daniel Woodson in camp with the 1st Cavalry at Topeka, Kansas, to Major H.H. Sibley, 2nd Dragoons. Woodson instructs Sibley to march his command down to the vicinity of Topeka and encamp for the day just above the town.
Date: July 4, 1856
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
People: Daniel Woodson
Geographic Subject: Topeka, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Kansas Territorial Records, 27-01-01-01, Folder 35
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