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Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Society, wrote from Boston, Massachusetts to William Barnes of Albany, New York. Webb lamented about the difficulties experienced by free state supporters in Kansas and described efforts to convince the Massachusetts state government to provide aid to the free state settlers. He urged Barnes to launch a similar effort in New York.
Creator: Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866
Date: September 9, 1856
Item Number: 1817
Call Number: New England Emigrant Aid Company, Manuscript Coll. No. 624, Box 1, Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1817
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Webb, Thomas Hopkins, 1801-1866
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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