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The Negro Militia and Political Turmoil in Missouri
A lengthy report details Mayor Gilmore’s request to Gov. McClurg to restrain the armed negro militia in Saint Louis amid Radical party conflicts. It cites correspondence about arming blacks for election day and critiques from the St. Louis Times and local papers, framing a heated clash over suffrage and party power in Missouri and neighboring states.
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St. Louis Times
McClurg
Flint
Zyibune
State Geological Board
Vermont
Holden
Fed
Dade County
Kansas City and
Memphis Railroad
Greenfield
Havens
Mundata
Sockaty
de Ager
Rector
Lisenbey
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Radical Party
Congress
McClurg Party
St. Louis
Tribune
Jefferson
Southwest
Brother Flint
Gen. Mullings
Vetican
Mullings
New England
General Mullings
Joyce James H. Brien
Plattsburg
Missouri
Judge Birch
Ihe State Times
Matestes
Democratic Party
Vrebels
Fyan, Gilmore
Fyan, Gilmore & Co
Marshfield
Wavens
North Carolina
Snoppert
Southpan Eel
Diligeuth
Gov. McChan
Enou
SMC
EL Gilmore
Tryparson
Wwe
Burtstone
Speingiehd
Seacabee Tor Sirwiy
Esaxe T. Sheppard
St,airs
J. W. Meduna
SrRixGrinin
Gotrenon MacLicns
Jefferson City
Ihrine
Gilmans
Gilmore