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This letter is from A. Venard, a medical doctor from Pleasant Grove, Kansas Territory, who wrote to Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee. The letter described the sickness and disease that plagued the settlers along the Verdigris River in southeast Kansas. Dr. Venard had worked diligently to aid the settlers, even using funds from his own pocket to purchase medicine, but he requested that the committee give him 100 dollars worth of drugs. Attached to this letter is an itemized list of the drugs he wished purchased with the requested funds.
Creator: Venard, A.
Date: October 3, 1860
Item Number: 2553
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 1 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2553
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Droughts
Business and Industry - Health care
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Theodore
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas National Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Pleasant Grove
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Places - Regions - Southeast Kansas
Places - Rivers - Verdigris
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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