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This circular, composed by the Kansas Territorial Relief Committee (also known as the Kansas Relief Committee) gives specific instructions for the proper way to donate provisions. It also provides information about where to send these provisions and encourages citizens of the United States to have compassion on Kansas citizens who are suffering during the drought of 1860. Agents and members of committees are also requested to furnish reports of their work.
Creator: Kansas Relief Committee
Date: c. December 11, 1860
Item Number: 2625
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 1 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2625
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Kansas National Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Weather - Droughts
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 - Handbill
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Places - Regions - Eastern Kansas
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/2625