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Ephraim Nute to Edward Everett Hale
Nute, Ephraim
Rev. Ephraim Nute, minister of the Lawrence Unitarian Church, wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Nute included a list of books that he wished to add to his Unitarian church library. Nute commented on the difficulties experienced by those attempting to spread Christianity in Kansas. He also observed that immigration to Kansas was increasing.
previewCharles Robinson to Edward Everett Hale
Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
Charles Robinson wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Robinson complained about the lack of respect he had received from New England Emigrant Aid Company leaders. He was particularly upset about criticisms of his financial ability. Robinson expressed anger at what he perceived as Eli Thayer's and the New England Emigrant Aid Company's opposition to the development of the town of Quindaro. Robinson included excerpts from a letter he received from James Redpath outlining Thayer's criticisms of Robinson's involvement with Quindaro.
previewJohn S. Brown to Edward Everett Hale
Brown, John S.
John S. Brown wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Brown informed Hale that he had substituted for Rev. Ephraim Nute, minister of the Lawrence Unitarian Church, for the previous six months while Nute lectured in the East. Brown stated that he wanted to serve in Kansas as a missionary but lacked financial resources. He asked Hale for funds to support his missionary efforts.
previewEphraim Nute to Edward Everett Hale
Nute, Ephraim
Rev. Ephraim Nute, minister of the Lawrence Unitarian Church, wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, a member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Nute inquired about the possibility of Hale arranging a loan of $2000 at reasonable interest for the completion of the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. He reported on the high rates of interest being charged for loans in Kansas Territory and on the general effects of the panic of 1857 on the territorial economy. Nute also expressed his dissatisfaction with the Buchanan administration's handling of the Lecompton Constitution and his hope that a change in presidential administration in 1860 would result in Kansas' admission as a free state.
previewIsaac Tichenor Goodnow to Edward Everett Hale
Goodnow, Isaac T. (Isaac Tichenor), 1814-1894
Isaac T. Goodnow wrote from Manhattan, Kansas Territory to Edward Everett Hale, member of the New England Emigrant Aid Company's Executive Committee. Goodnow informed Hale about plans to establish Bluemont Central College (predecessor to Kansas State University) just west of Manhattan, Kansas Territory. He asserted that the college would only add to Manhattan's other advantages -- being on the "natural route of the Pacific" railroad and on the shortest route to the Pike's Peak gold mines. Goodnow asked Hale for a contribution to the building fund for the college.
previewThomas Hopkins Webb to Martin Franklin Conway
Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, wrote from Boston, Massachusetts to Martin F. Conway, general agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas Territory. Webb informed Conway that the Company's Executive Committee had approved Isaac Goodnow's request for a donation for Bluemont College in Manhattan, Kansas Territory. Bluemont College later became Kansas State University.
previewAnna Margaret Watson Randolph, diary
Randolph, Anna Margaret Watson, 1838-1917
This brief diary, kept by Anna Margaret (Watson) Randolph, begins with her move to Kansas in an entry dated August 17, 1858. These six entries at the beginning of her diary provide details about her family's journey from Ohio to Kansas Territory, included a number of interesting accounts of their journey on a riverboat. Their boat ran aground several times and, interspersed among her descriptions of these difficulties, Anna wrote about her sister Mary Jane, the weather, and her personal observances of other passengers. She also filled her diary with her frustrations and concerns during their arduous journey west.
previewWilliam Frederick Milton Arny
A portrait of William Frederick Milton Arny, who was active in numerous territorial Kansas activities. He served as a general agent for the National Kansas Committee and as a delegate to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention. Arny was a member of the 1858 territorial legislature and the Topeka legislature.
previewJonathan Crews to Thomas Nesbit Stinson
Crews, Jonathan
Jonathan Crews, writing from LaPorte, Indiana, expressed strong proslavery views on the situation in Kansas. Crews described his trip home to Indiana from Kansas and discussed several Indiana court cases involving his business interests.
previewSettlers on Little Sugar Creek
Stewart, John E
This listing of the settlers along Little Sugar Creek includes information about each settler, the resources in the area, and local buildings. It also includes an account of an attack by the Missouri ruffians in which a number of men were carried off to Westport, Missouri. It was most likely compiled by John E. Stewart at the request of Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee.
previewPeople -- Notable Kansans
- Abbott, James Burnett, 1818-1897
- Adair, Florella Brown, 1816-1865
- Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
- Adams, Abzuga (Zu), b. 1859
- Alderson, Lewis Allen, 1812-1881
- Arny, William Frederick Milton, 1813-1881
- Barnes, Ebenezer, 1811-1858
- Blood, James
- Branscomb, Charles Henry
- Brown, Frederick
- Brown, George Washington
- Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Brown, Orville C.
- Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882
- Cutter, George, 1833-1874
- Diggs, Annie L. (Annie Le Porte), 1853-1916
- Dobbs, Mary E.
- Doy, Charles
- Doy, John, b. 1812
- Funston, Frederick, 1865-1917
- Gardner, Joseph, 1820-1863
- Garvey, Edward C.K., -1884
- Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
- Hay, George
- Hill, Hiram
- Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
- Hoyt, David Starr
- Hutchinson, William
- Jenkins, Gaius
- Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866
- Larzelere, Alfred, 1811-1881
- Lewelling, Lorenzo Dow, 1846-1900
- Long, Chester Isaiah, 1860-1934
- Lum, Samuel Y., 1821-1895
- Martin, John Alexander, 1839-1889
- Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864
- Menninger, Karl Augustus, 1893-1990
- Miller, Solomon
- Monroe, Lilla Day, 1858-1929
- Nation, Carry Amelia,1846-1911
- Nichols, Clarina Irene Howard, 1810-1885
- Nute, Ephriam, 1819-1897
- Phillips, William Addison, 1824-1893
- Pike, Joshua A., 1833-1922
- Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
- Randolph, Anna Margaret (Watson), 1838-1917
- Redpath, James, 1833-1891
- Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
- Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894
- Senix, Jacob
- Shannon, Wilson
- Sheldon, Charles Monroe, 1857-1946
- Shore, Samuel T.
- Simmons, Thomas
- Simpson, Jeremiah, 1842-1905
- Simpson, Samuel Newell
- Soule, Silas Stillman, 1838-1865
- Stewart, John E
- Stinson, Thomas N.
- St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
- Trego, Joseph Harrington
- Willis, S. J.
- Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Places
Places -- Cities and towns
- Abilene
- Arkansas City
- Arnold
- Atchison
- Augusta
- Barclay
- Beloit
- Bennington
- Big Springs
- Burdett
- Canton
- Centropolis
- Coffeyville
- Council Grove
- El Dorado
- Emporia
- Enterprise
- Fort Scott
- Franklin (Douglas County)
- Grasshopper Falls
- Halstead
- Hanston
- Harlan
- Harveyville
- Hutchinson
- Hyatt
- Jetmore
- Junction City
- Kansas City
- Kiowa
- Kirwin
- Langdon
- Lawrence
- Lecompton
- Manhattan
- McLouth
- McPherson
- Minneola (Franklin County)
- Monrovia
- Mont Ida
- Morland
- Mound City
- Moundridge
- Newton
- Oberlin
- Olathe
- Osawatomie
- Ottawa
- Parsons
- Plainville
- Quenemo
- Quindaro
- Salem
- Sedan
- Sitka
- Stanton
- Sugar Mound
- Syracuse
- Tecumseh
- Topeka
- Valley Falls
- Wabaunsee
- WaKeeney
- Wamego
- Wathena
- Waverly
- Westmoreland
- White Cloud
- Wichita
- Winfield