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William Goodnow, recently arrived in Shannon, Kansas Territory, wrote to his wife, Harriet, who had remained in New England. Goodnow related his experiences traveling from Westport, Missouri, where he received quality hospitality from a slaveholder, to Lawrence, and finally to Shannon, where he met his brother, Isaac, and sister-in law. Goodnow also mentioned his recent subscription to the Herald of Freedom newspaper, which would be sent to her; he implored her to save all of them, as he wished them preserved. He added that they expected a rush of emigrants in the following spring.
Creator: Goodnow, William Eaton, 1807-1876
Date: November 22, 1855
Item Number: 3714
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357 Box 1 Folder 35
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3714
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Shannon
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City - Westport
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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