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A letter written by Hezekiah Chilton to his colleague Lewis Allen Alderson. Chilton was writing from the salt region of West Virginia known as the Kanawha Salines to his friend in Greenbrier County. Chilton encourages Alderson to join him in his religious pursuits. Alderson later moved to Atchison, Kansas in 1858 and was a prominent Baptist minister. He died in Atchison in 1881.
Date: June 20, 1834
Item Number: 229109
Call Number: Lewis Allen Alderson Coll. #255, Folder 14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 229109
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Alderson, Lewis Allen
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Baptist
Date - 1830s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - West Virginia
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
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