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In this letter to her sister Sallie, Annie Simerwell explains that she has received news from their parents regarding the passage of the "Nebraska Kansas bill."
Creator: Simerwell, Ann
Date: June 18, 1854
Item Number: 219221
Call Number: Robert Simerwell Coll. #500, Box 3 Correspondence and reports, 1854 May-June
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219221
Collections - Manuscript - Simerwell, Robert W.
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries - Potawatomi Baptist Manual Labor School
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Simerwell, Robert
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Historic sites - Pottawatamie Mission
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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