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Box 5

 Container
Call Number: RH MS 1582

Contains 1 Result:

Letters concerning the arrest of Colonel Anthony for "jayhawking" and typed transcripts, July 15 and July 18, 1862

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter written by Captain John Brown, Jr. bemoaning the arrest of Colonel Daniel Read Anthony for “jayhawking,” or preventing the recapture of formerly enslaved people in the Kansas 7th Regiment camp by denying entry to slave hunters attempting to return people to forced labor. A letter from Anthony to his sister is also included, telling of his release and his popularity among the troops for his abolitionist stance.

Dates: July 15 and July 18, 1862