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Title
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1860 Missouri Census Table
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Description
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This ca. 1860 printed document presents the results of the 1860 Missouri census, showing the population of whites, “free colored” and slaves in each county. The table lists the total state population as 1,182,012, with 1,063,599 whites, 3,572 Free Colored, and 114,931 slaves. Lafayette County has the largest slave population with 6,374 slaves. The table also reveals a small American Indian population in Gasconade and Jackson Counties.
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Object Type
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Government Document
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Title
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Letters Sent (Assistant Provost Marshal for Missouri)
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Description
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This notebook contains copies of correspondence sent by Col. E.B. Alexander, Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General for Missouri, in St. Louis, Missouri, during 1864 and 1865. The correspondence contains information regarding military enrollment, enlistments, and quotas, broken down by district.
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Date
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1864-1865
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Title
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Letters Relating to Enlistment in Missouri
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Description
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This is a bound volume of letters written by Col. E.B. Alexander, Chief Mustering Officer of the 10th United States Infantry. The letters, dated August 23 - October 10, 1864, relate to enrollments, quotas, and enlistments of troops in Missouri.
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Date
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August 23, 1864 - October 10, 1864
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Title
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From Lewis Stafford to Kate Newland
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Description
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Lewis Stafford writes a letter from Camp Washington near Clinton, Missouri to Kate Newland on July 6, 1861. Stafford, a member of the 1st Kansas Infantry, Company E, tells Newland that Union troops recently took possession of a printing press that had printed a secession journal. He says that Clinton used to be a “hot bed of secession” but “secession in this place is now pretty generally squelched out.”
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Object Type
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Letter
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Date
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July 6, 1861
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Title
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From G.A. Parsons to Robert M. Stewart
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Description
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This letter, dated December 2, 1860, is from G.A. Parsons, Adjutant General of the Missouri Militia, to Missouri Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Parsons informs Stewart that he has just arrived in Bates County and has found among its citizens “a good deal of uneasiness” because of recent attacks by Jayhawkers. He mentions that a citizen named Bishop was recently shot in his own house. Parsons states that he is enclosing a petition from Bates County citizens.
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Date
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December 2, 1860
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Title
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Kansas and Nebraska 1856
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Description
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This color map, entitled “Kansas and Nebraska 1856,” was printed by J.G. Wells in New York.
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Object Type
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Map
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Date
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1856