From Daniel Woodson to John Sedgwick

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Title: From Daniel Woodson to John Sedgwick
Creator: Daniel Woodson
Description: This dispatch, dated July 7, 1856, was sent by Acting Kansas Gov. Daniel Woodson in Lecompton, Kansas, to Major John Sedgwick. Woodson instructs Sedgwick to furnish Deputy Marshal William P. Fain with a small detachment of troops to assist him in issuing writs.
Date: July 7, 1856
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
People: Daniel Woodson
Geographic Subject: Lecompton, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Kansas Territorial Records, 27-01-01-01, Folder 35
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