Speer, John, 1817-1906 [Petition to Governor John White Geary]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01647 Author/Creator: Speer, John, 1817-1906 Place Written: Kansas Type: Printed document signed Date: circa 1856 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 45.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
Speer and others sign the petition, directed to Governor Geary. Petitioners argue that a group of the Territory's best citizens are unjustly held in prison. The men were arrested for resisting the establishment of a pro-slavery government in Kansas. Signed by sixty five men, including Speer. Circa date based on the term of Geary's governorship of the Kansas Territory, which lasted less than one year.
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