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Samuel Simpson wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill. Simpson reported that he had purchased Wyandotte lands, along with other investors, in hopes of having a town ready in time to receive a wave of emigrants the following spring. He told Hill that he would send him a map of the site, and reiterated his support for presidential candidate John Fremont. However, Simpson proclaimed that the outcome of the elections didn't matter, that the free state men "are bound to have this matter our own way -- and if it don't come one way it must another".
Creator: Simpson, Samuel Newell
Date: October 30, 1856
Item Number: 3121
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3121
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wyandotte
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
People - Notable Kansans - Simpson, Samuel Newell
People - Notable People - Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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