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Letter, C. [Charles] E. Griffith to Capt. J. [James] Montgomery Author: Griffith, Charles E. Date: November 15, 1859 Charles Griffith, an Osawatomie newspaper publisher writing from that town, informed Captain James Montgomery that he believed voting fraud had occurred in the November 8, 1859, territorial legislature election. Griffith claimed that, in the absence of the fraud, Montgomery would have won a seat in the territorial house of representatives. Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: James Montgomery Collection, #446, Folder 2 Item Number: 100300 Number of images: 2 Keywords: Election fraud; Election, Territorial Legislature, November 1859; Elections; Griffith, Charles E.; Kansas Territory. Legislature; Lykins County, Kansas Territory (see also Miami County, Kansas); Miami County, Kansas (see also Lykins County, Kansas Territory); Montgomery, James, 1814-1871; Osawatomie, Kansas Territory; Voting; Voting fraud (see also Contested elections) |
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