Letter signed Tho. Swords, New York, to Major Dougherty. In regard to the acceptance of Shultz’s offer, I do not see what you or I would do since neither of us are at Iatan. All I could do would be to hire an agent to assist the other partners. I think I could safely trust my interests to Mr. Steele. We should try to get some businessman interested in the place. The Soft Shell Democrats will, I believe, carry the state in our election next week. Will Atchison go to the Senate from Missouri? The part he has taken in Kansas has undoubtedly made him popular. Individuals mentioned: Atchison, Mrs. Dougherty, Mrs. Ruff, and Steele. Subjects mentioned: Whigs, Abolitionists, and Anti-Liquorites. Places mentioned: Nebraska., 1855 Nov 2

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Major John Dougherty in relation to sutling at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, and government transportation of freight between Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in the 1840s and 1850s. Also includes numerous bills of sale of slaves; correspondence and reports regarding Indian affairs, including a report from Leavenworth, March 9, 1832; land documents; and correspondence regarding land claims. Correspondents include Dougherty's son Lewis B. Dougherty, Robert Campbell, Henry S. Turner, A.G. Reed, Major C.F. Ruff, and Col. Thomas Swords. Collection also includes two diaries, 1869-1879, and a ledger, 1851-1852, of the medical practice of Dr. William Wallace Dougherty, a Liberty, Missouri, physician and nephew of John Dougherty. The diaries include material on the family.