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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Hugh Ewing
Date: July 27, 1859
In this letter to Hugh Ewing in Washington, D.C., Ewing, Jr. sought his brother’s consent to donate “a lot” to Leavenworth’s German Catholic to help with the construction of a…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Leandre Martin
Date: July 2, 1859
In his reply to a June 25 letter from Leandre Martin, Osawatomie, Ewing, Jr. agreed there was little doubt that “several hundred illegal & fraudulent votes” for the Democrats impacted…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to E. Peabody
Date: June 9, 1859
To E. Peabody of St. Joseph, Ewing, Jr. wrote with regard to the construction of the railroad from that city to Leavenworth. “I think that by the time you &…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Thomas Ewing, Sr.
Date: May 11, 1859
Among other rather mundane items, Ewing told his father back in Ohio that the Democrats had just held a convention at Tecumseh, “which Hugh [Ewing] and Hamp attended,” and about…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to George W. Brown
Date: April 13, 1859
With regard to the formation of the Republican Party at the forthcoming Osawatomie convention, Ewing told George W. Brown, editor of Lawrence’s Herald of Freedom, why he believed this was…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Sir J. M. Winchell
Date: April 13, 1859
This letter from Ewing in Leavenworth to James M. Winchell at “Wyandott” addressed a question regarding real estate in the latter’s city and the upcoming Osawatomie convention for the founding…
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U.S. Constitution and Slavery
Date: April 9, 1859
This comes from the Thomas Ewing letter press book no. 3, which began with an alphabetical name index to the letters that follow, but the first document therein was a…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Dear Sir
Date: March 29, 1858
In this letter from Leavenworth, Ewing began with comments on a note that was being extended and ended with observations about his city’s rapid growth and bright prospects. “Majors &…
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Tom Ewing, Jr., to Honorable T. Ewing
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Ewing, Jr., wrote from Leavenworth to inform his father about 915 acres of land, “near the Kaw river . . . three & a half miles north east of Topeka,”…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Dear Hamp B. Denman
Date: July 25, 1857
From Leavenworth, Ewing wrote in his letter press book to a law and business partner, Hamp Denman, who was working on some possible land acquisitions in the Osaukee (Ozawkie?) vicinity.…
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Thomas Ewing to Dear Sir
Date: July 14, 1857
Accompanying a two page, mostly illegible letter from Thomas Ewing letter press book dated Leavenworth, July 14, 1857, was a two page addendum describing and itemizing the cost of building…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Thomas Ewing, Sr.
Date: July 14, 1857
Writing to his father from Leavenworth, K.T., Thomas Ewing, Jr., described the prospects for “good bargains” in Delaware lands. “Hamp” went to secure 1,000 acres for Ewing, Sr., which they…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr., to Judge M. F. Moore
Date: June 5, 1857
Letter press book of Thomas Ewing, Jr. He moved to Kansas Territory in 1856 and established a law practice in Leavenworth. It is from this town, Kansas Territory’s largest city,…
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Thomas Ewing Jr. to E. Peabody
Date: April 9, 1859
Although Thomas Ewing, Jr. was heavily involved in the promotion and development of the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company with his arrival in Kansas Territory, this seems to be…
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W.T. Sherman, Thomas Ewing, & McCook, to George B. Parker
Date: April 4, 1859
Although unclear as to the exact nature of the litigation, this letter from the Leavenworth firm pertained to the taking of depositions in “the case against the steamboat Isabella”. The…
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Thomas Ewing Jr. to William F. Roelofson
Date: March 26, 1859
In this March 26, 1859 letter to William F. Roelofson, London, England, Thomas Ewing, Jr. of Leavenworth, Kansas, discusses an investment but also observed, “the city streets are black with…
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Thomas Ewing Jr. to Milton Fithion
Date: March 14, 1859
After spending the winter in Washington conducting railroad business, Thomas Ewing Jr. wrote to Milton Fithion of Urbana, Ohio, regarding payment for a Wyandot float, but was informed that N.…
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W.T. Sherman to James B. Goddard
Date: January 17, 1859
From Leavenworth, Kansas, W.T. Sherman wrote to a correspondent in Louisville, Ohio, regarding the uncertain prospects of “the Gold Mines of Kansas”. He speculated that the Pikes Peak mines would…
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W.T. Sherman to Robert Campbell
Date: January 17, 1858
A letter to Robert Campbell regarding the debt that Sherman, Ewing & McCook were trying to collect. As with similar correspondence, this letter conveys a sense of the legal and…
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Sherman, Ewing and McCook Attornies at Law to Mess Walker
Date: January 14, 1858
A letter to Mess Walker, Williams & Miller, of Weston Missouri, regarding the payment of a debt that should be paid promptly to the firm of Sherman, Ewing & McCook,…
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W. T. Sherman to Robert Campbell
Date: January 13, 1859
For the Leavenworth law firm which was, after January 1, 1859, “Sherman Ewing & McCook,” W. T. Sherman responded to correspondence regarding the collection of money owed from Robert Campbell…
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Sherman & Ewing to Hart & Gordon
Date: December 22, 1858
Typical of much of the legal correspondence present in the Thomas Ewing Jr. Collection (#341) at the Kansas Historical Society, this letter was written by the Leavenworth firm of William…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr. to Robert B. Mitchell
Date: December 15, 1858
In this letter to Robert B. Mitchell of Paris in Linn County, Ewing commented on the summer and fall “disturbances in Linn & Bourbon” counties, and he predicted that many…
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William T. Sherman and Thomas Ewing to Calhoun County tax collector
Date: December 15, 1858
The Leavenworth, Kansas law partners, William Tecumseh Sherman and Thomas Ewing, Jr., addressed request for “the amount of taxes assessed” for its list of real estate properties to the tax…
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Thomas Ewing, Jr. to William S. Reyburn
Date: November 23, 1858
In his capacity as attorney for H. B. Denman, who had just “bought of [John A.] Halderman the interest of the latter in the ferry, Ewing wrote to Reyburn, of…