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Accompanying a two page, mostly illegible letter from Thomas Ewing letter press book dated Leavenworth, July 14, 1857, was a two page addendum describing and itemizing the cost of building 40 new and reconstructing the roofs on 27 previously built houses in Leavenworth--total cost, $8,990. He also provided an estimate as to rent that could be expected on these properties and on "a two story brick building, such as you spoke of building on the corner of 4 & Delaware."
Creator: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Date: July 14, 1857
Item Number: 870
Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr., Coll. No. 341, Letter Press Book No. 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 870
Business and Industry - Construction
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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