Report of the Special Committee Appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas: With the Views of the Minority of Said Committee |
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... names are on the poll - books , 35 were resident settlers and 226 were non- residents . The election in the fourth district was held at Dr. Chapman's , over forty miles from the Missouri State line . It was a thinly settled re- gion ...
... names are on the poll - books , 35 were resident settlers and 226 were non- residents . The election in the fourth district was held at Dr. Chapman's , over forty miles from the Missouri State line . It was a thinly settled re- gion ...
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... names are on the census returns , 177 are to be found on the poll - books of the 30th of March , 1855. Messrs . Ladd , Babcock , and Pratt testify to fifty - five names on the poll - books of persons they knew to have settled in the ...
... names are on the census returns , 177 are to be found on the poll - books of the 30th of March , 1855. Messrs . Ladd , Babcock , and Pratt testify to fifty - five names on the poll - books of persons they knew to have settled in the ...
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... names appear upon the poll - books as voting , and , by comparing these names with those on the census - rolls , we find that but seven of the latter voted . The person voted for as representative ( F. J. Marshall ) was chief owner of ...
... names appear upon the poll - books as voting , and , by comparing these names with those on the census - rolls , we find that but seven of the latter voted . The person voted for as representative ( F. J. Marshall ) was chief owner of ...
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... names on the poll - books with the names on the census returns throughout the Territory , and the com- parison alluded to by the majority , therefore , by no means proves what they claim for it . On the second point the undersigned will ...
... names on the poll - books with the names on the census returns throughout the Territory , and the com- parison alluded to by the majority , therefore , by no means proves what they claim for it . On the second point the undersigned will ...
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... names . They hesitated somewhat , and one of the clerks wrote out their names , and asked me for what purpose I wanted them . I said that I might know them when I met them again . He asked if that was all . I said " No , it is not ...
... names . They hesitated somewhat , and one of the clerks wrote out their names , and asked me for what purpose I wanted them . I said that I might know them when I met them again . He asked if that was all . I said " No , it is not ...
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