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This testimony made up a portion of the Journal of Investigations in Kansas, a collection of personal reminiscences that was apparently recorded by Thaddeus Hyatt, president of the National Kansas Committee. This particular account relates the experience of S. H. Moore, a resident of Ottawa, Kansas Territory. Mr. Moore describes the land, vegetation, etc. around Ottawa and mentions various settlers from the area.
Creator: Hyatt, Thaddeus
Date: November 28, 1856
Item Number: 2565
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 1 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2565
Agriculture - Crops
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas National Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Environment - Landscape
Environment - Plants
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Post Offices
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Journal
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Ottawa
Places - Counties - Franklin
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Journal
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