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Documents Relating to Kansas Territory, U.S. District Court, 3rd District vs. James Montgomery
Title
Documents Relating to Kansas Territory, U.S. District Court, 3rd District vs. James Montgomery
Description
These documents, dated between December 24, 1858 and February 17, 1859, relate to the case of Kansas Territory, U.S. District Court, 3rd District versus James Montgomery for robbery and murder. In the documents, James Montgomery, John Brown, and other men are accused of murdering John Little and robbing his store on December 16, 1858, while attempting to free their comrade Benjamin Price at Fort Scott, Kansas. The documents include a writ for the arrest of John Brown and a statement by William P. Fain, U.S. Marshal for Kansas Territory.
Object Type
Legal Document
Date
December 24, 1858-February 17, 1859
Appendix to the Journals of the Twenty-First General Assembly of Missouri
Title
Appendix to the Journals of the Twenty-First General Assembly of Missouri
Description
The Appendix to the Journals of the Twenty-First General Assembly of Missouri was printed in 1861 by W.G. Cheeney in Jefferson City, Missouri. It includes petitions and letters to Gov. Robert M. Stewart about the guerrilla attacks on Missouri led by James Montgomery and Charles Jennison. The appendix also includes Brig. Gen. D.M. Frost’s report on the South-West Expedition, affidavits relating to Jennison’s murder of Russell Hindes, and proceedings from the Southern Kansas Convention.
Object Type
Government Document
Date
1861