Letter signed Tho. Swords, New York, to Major Jno. Dougherty. I am under orders for California and expect to start as soon as my accounts are settled at the Treasury. Received some deeds to be signed from administrator of Shultz’s estate. He also suggests a division of the property and I am inclined to agree rather than have him file suit which will be an expense to all concerned. The Kansas-Nebraska Act is a just one and it is too bad that it could not have been carried out in the right spirit. Individuals mentioned: Bayless, Mr. Steele, Mrs. S., Mrs. D., Sumner, J.M.G. Browne, and N.J. Alexander. Places mentioned: Fort Leavenworth, California, Iatan, and Missouri., 1856 June 25

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Letter signed Tho. Swords [Thomas Swords], New York, to Major John Dougherty, June 25, 1856

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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.