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In accordance with an invitation from the citizens of Platte County, D. R. Anthony, Judge McCahon, and about 25 other citizens, started yesterday morning for Platte City. They entered Platte City singing “John Brown,” amid the cheers of the Union people assembled to meet them.
The meeting was held in the Church, and it was crowded to its utmost capacity.
Col. Moss was present with about 100 of his men, but they got into an old brick building, and remained there during the meeting, although they were invited to participate by Col. Anthony.
Col. Price was called to the Chair, and made some appropriate re marks; after which, Col. D. R. Anthony, Judge McCahon and Capt. Hinton, addressed the meeting in their usual radical style, and were loudly cheered by the people present
After the meeting adjourned, the delegation from this city were invited to the Virginia Hotel where a splendid dinner had been pre pared for them.
The most ungrateful part of the whole affair was - the darkey who had cooked the dinner declared he was done cooking dinners for rebels, and left with our men.
(Researcher's note: AI Overview - "Daniel Read (D.R.) Anthony was a prominent 19th-century abolitionist, publisher, women's suffragist, and the brother of Susan B. Anthony. Relocating to Leavenworth, Kansas in 1857, he founded a newspaper dynasty, served as the city's mayor and postmaster, and fought fiercely to ensure Kansas entered the Union as a free state." Anthony may have been involved in the Underground Railroad.)Date(s) of Creation
10/3/1863
