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Date: December 7, 1860
From Washington, D.C., on December 7, 1860, Charles Robinson writes his wife regarding the likelihood of secession and the government’s response should this happen. He expects Kansas Territory to be…
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Date: July 27, 1859
T. H. Houston writes to Isaac T. Goodnow to ask if she could sell a few Manhattan lots. She lists the lot numbers and their worth. She writes that she…
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Date: September 20, 1856
From Lawrence, Kansas Territory, Charles Robinson updates his wife on developments in and around Lawrence since her departure. Governor John W. Geary had arrived and promises to see that the…
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Date: May 14, 1857
This printed form was sent to the agent of the New England Emigrant Aid Company to inform him of a land claim by Robert Robitaille, a Wyandot Indian, to a…
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Date: September 10, 1860
This printed circular is a synopsis of the President’s Proclamation No. 667, which describes the process for acquiring land in the former New York Indian Reserve in Kansas Territory. It…
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Date: August 2, 1855
The document summarizes the proceedings of a meeting held by proslavery supporters to determine the proper time and place to hold a convention during which they would nominate a candidate…
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Date: November 14, 1859
Mark W. Delahay wrote from Leavenworth City, Kansas Territory, to Abraham Lincoln. Delahay offered his opinions on Lincoln’s chances for the Republican nomination for president in 1860. Delahay told Lincoln…
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Date: 1860
This catalog for the Topeka Academy, for the year 1859-1860, identifies the teachers, the committee of examination, the students (gentlemen and ladies were listed separately), and information about the academy…
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Date: August 17, 1857
From Manhattan, Kansas Territory, William Goodnow writes to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts, providing Hill with more information about Manhattan. Goodnow quotes current prices on town shares and lots and describes…
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Date: June 24, 1856
The Law and Order Party made this appeal to southerners to provide support for the proslavery cause in Kansas Territory, in the form of emigration, financial donations, and/or moral support.…
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Date: May 11, 1857
Isaac Goodnow writes from Keokuk, Iowa, to John Wood, promoting another addition, a non-denominational church, to the town of Manhattan, Kansas Territory. As he was appointed an Agent by the…
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Date: July 5, 1858
This invitation is for a party to be held at McAllister’s Hall in Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, on July 5, 1858. Music will be provided by Smith’s Band. Supper is provided…
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Date: October 27, 1857
This letter from Chauncey Shaffer, a New York attorney, to Joseph Denison, an agent for Bluemont College, is one example of many letters received by Denison and Isaac Goodnow that…
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Date: May 8, 1856
Edmund A. Whitman and Albert D. Searl established an Emigrants’ Intelligence Office in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. They stressed the importance of finding out information about the country before making a…
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Date: 1855
Official proceedings of a special meeting of the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Date: June 24, 1860
Samuel Tappan writes this letter from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson of Worcester, Massachusetts. Tappan is leaving for Colorado in a week or two, presumably to meet…
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Date: April 6, 1860
William Handy of Boston writes this letter to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson of Worcester, Massachusetts. Higginson was a supporter of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Handy wants to…
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Date: April 3, 1860
This letter, written in Boston by William Handy, was addressed to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson, an abolitionist minister from Worcester, Massachusetts. In this letter, Handy proposes strategies to deal with…
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Date: Between November 30, 1855 and May 6, 1857
This general ledger sheet details Eli Thayer’s receipts and disbursements in his work on behalf of the New England Emigrant Aid Company between November 30, 1855 and May 6, 1857.…
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Date: Between 1860 and 1861
This circular, written by F. N. Blake and William F. M. Arny, is an appeal for aid to Kansas Territory, with suggestions for specific items and shipping routes for sending…
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Date: June 25, 1858
Maria Felt wrote this letter to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson, She describes her journey from Clinton, Massachusetts, to Lawrence, Kansas Territory. Apparently, she was emigrating to Kansas Territory in order…
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Date: June 27, 1859
The main focus of this letter, written from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, by Samuel F. Tappan, is the case of Dr. John Doy, who had just been convicted of abducting slaves…
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Date: April 17, 1859
In this letter, Samuel F. Tappan continues to keep Reverend Thomas W. Higginson, of Worcester, Massachusetts, apprised of the current situation in Kansas Territory. He mentions such topics as the…
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Date: April 7, 1858
Samuel F. Tappan of Lawrence, Kansas Territory, writes this letter to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson, informing him that the last letter he received from Higginson was lost in the Kansas…
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Date: March 15, 1858
In this letter, written from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, Samuel Tappan informs Thomas W. Higginson of the state of affairs in Kansas Territory. He begins by mentioning the constitutional convention that…
