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Letters from Denver to his wife, Leavenworth City December 29, 1857

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12

Dates

  • Creation: Leavenworth City December 29, 1857

General

Discusses the Lawrence Free State Party and the earlier removal of arms by Governor John White Geary, which [Colonel Shalor] Eldridge came to reclaim from Denver; distribution of U.S. troops around the territory; a group burning [Surveyor General John?] Calhoun in effigy; asking his wife to meet him later in St. Louis.

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