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Erastus Ladd wrote from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts. Ladd asked for Hill's suggestion as to what to do about a delinquent renter. He updated Hill regarding the status of various land investments, and included a note about Samuel Simpson's sale of half of his investment in West Lawrence. Ladd anticipated a free state election, and the development of a railroad line between Lawrence and the Delaware lands. Much of the land discussed above was originally given to Native Americans by the U.S. Government following the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830.
Creator: Ladd, Erastus D., 1815-1872
Date: September 3, 1857
Item Number: 3199
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3199
Business and Industry - Railroad
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Interior, Department of - General Land Office
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 - Delaware
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
People - Notable Kansans - Simpson, Samuel Newell
Places - Cities and towns - Emporia
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Lyon
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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