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Joseph Gardner, a free-state partisan of Douglas County, Kansas Territory, and a member of the Dr. John Doy rescue party, writes Stearns requesting firearms and ammunition as there were people in the vicinity of St. Joseph, Missouri, who reportedly were preparing to "make war upon my house." Word had reportedly gone out that Gardner was "harboring fugitives" [fugitive slaves).
Creator: Gardner, Joseph, 1820-1863
Date: May 29, 1860
Item Number: 90596
Call Number: George L. Stearns Coll. #507
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90596
Collections - Manuscript - Stearns, George L
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Underground Railroad
Military - Weapons - Firearms
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable People - Stearns, George L.
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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