Albert Morton wrote from Quindaro, Kansas Territory, to Hiram Hill in Massachusetts, describing at length the efforts of Quindaro's citizens to grade a large avenue through the town. Morton added that Quindaro was about to establish a city charter, which, if approved by the Legislature, would require the taxation of the citizens. He also mentioned a shooting the night before of a proslavery man who had lost his seat to free statesman Charles Chadwick in a recent election under the Lecompton Constitution.
Creator: Morton, Albert C.
Date: January 1858
Item Number: 3214
Call Number: Hiram Hill Coll. #382 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3214
Collections - Manuscript - Hill, Hiram
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Community services - Roads
Community Life - Town development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Taxation
Government and Politics - Local Government - Municipal
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Lecompton Constitution
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Hill, Hiram
Places - Cities and towns - Quindaro
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854-1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Roads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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