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This letter is from E.A. Claar, Hawkeye, Kansas, to her son Earl H. Claar. In the letter, E.A. writes of the hardships that occur during settlement. From having little to eat, having little to wear, and being lonely, Ms. Claar doesn't know how the family will make it through the approaching winter. This is a typed copy of the original.
Creator: Claar, E.A.
Date: August 14, 1880
Item Number: 218520
Call Number: History collections: Decatur County
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 218520
Agriculture - Crops - Millet
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables
Collections - Manuscript - History - Decatur County
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1880s - 1880
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Counties - Decatur
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Non-motorized - Riding animals
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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