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William Goodnow wrote a personal letter from Shannon, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Harriet, in New England. Goodnow reported that his health had never been better, as he was "full of blood & stout looking" and commented that he wished he could send her his daguerreotype to show her his appearance. He mentioned that the settlement had just witnessed its first marriage and first baby born, and that Samuel Pomeroy of the New England Emigrant Aid Company would soon be among the settlers of the area.
Creator: Goodnow, William Eaton, 1807-1876
Date: December 2, 1855
Item Number: 3718
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357 Box 1 Folder 36
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3718
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Shannon
Places - Counties - Riley
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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