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Cyrus K. Holliday wrote from Topeka, Kansas Territory to his wife, Mary Holliday, in Meadville, Pennsylvania. After a loving introduction, he described Kansas Territory's sunny, breezy climate. Holliday mentioned letters received from his brother and Mr. Thomas Willson, both named in previous letters, who also wanted to emigrate. He described the principle building in Topeka, which served as meeting hall, hotel, and church, and where he slept with Frye W. Giles, a free state supporter from Chicago. Holliday ended with concern for Lizzie, Mary Holliday's younger sister.
Creator: Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Date: January 7, 1855
Item Number: 2740
Call Number: Cyrus Kurtz Holliday Coll. #386 Box 1 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2740
Built Environment - Function - Social - Meeting Hall
Business and Industry - Lodging - Hotels
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Collections - Manuscript - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Environment - Landscape
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Families - Brothers and sisters
Home and Family - Families - Extended family
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Giles, Frye W., 1819-1898
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Meadville
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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