Sunday, October 12, 2014

Daniel Woodson to Brigadier-General Lucian J. Eastin, November 27, 1855

(Private.)

[Westport, Kansas Territory, November 27, 1855]

Dear General, — The Governor has called out the militia, and you will hereby organize your division, and proceed forthwith to Lecompton. As the Governor has no power, you may call out the Platte Rifle Company. They are always ready to help us. Whatever you do, do not implicate the Governor.

Daniel Woodson.

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 216; Charles Robinson, The Kansas Conflict, p. 194

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