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This journal, compiled by Franklin Loomis Crane, chairman and member of the Topeka Association, described the activities of the Topeka Association during 1856 and 1857. Some entries consisted of the minutes from town association meetings, while others identified those settlers who applied for town lots. Crane also wrote of his daily work for the association, including comments about the weather.
Creator: Crane, Franklin L., 1808-1884
Date: January 16, 1856 - March 29, 1857
Item Number: 6794
Call Number: Franklin Loomis Crane Coll. #320 Box 1 Folder 9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6794
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Crane, Franklin Loomis
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Home and Family - Residences
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Journal
People - Notable Kansans - Crane, Franklin Loomis
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Business records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Journal
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