(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
