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Hiram Hill sold and quit-claimed one-half of his interest in the development of West Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to Samuel N. Simpson for $10,000. This amount of land was equivalent to one-seventh of the total shares invested in the land designated the "Joel Walker float", also known as West Lawrence. Joel Walker was affiliated with the Quindaro Town Company and was a fellow free state supporter.
Creator: Hill, Hiram, 1804-
Date: November 2, 1857
Item Number: 3210
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3210
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
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 - Deed
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
People - Notable Kansans - Simpson, Samuel Newell
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Quindaro
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
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