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"First Governor of the Territory of Kansas, in the disguise in which he escaped from Kansas City as a deck passenger on the steamer A. B. Chambers, from the armed invaders who sought his life on account to his devotion of freedom."On June 29, 1854,…

JB Risque (George C. Hutter's father in law) asks for assistance from Andrew Horatio Reeder (George Hutter's brother in law) in securing an appointment to the United States Naval Academy for his grandson  James Beverly Ward (1822-1907).James Beverly…

Easton July 3, /54
My ever dear brother & sister
I received your welcome letters yesterday and as I feel very good natured and very I meant this morning I though I would at once sit down to answer them, When I last wrote you my dear brother there…

Transcription:Allentown, Wednesday Morning Dear Reeder – In your hurry to leave town yesterday I forgot to ask you when Louis was to be allowed for the Payment of that Bond, and therefore did not know how to fill it up correctly. Will you be kind…