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Among other rather mundane items, Ewing told his father back in Ohio that the Democrats had just held a convention at Tecumseh, "which Hugh [Ewing] and Hamp attended," and about the economic conditions in Leavenworth, which were much tied to the success of the "Pikes Peak movement."
Creator: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Date: May 11, 1859
Item Number: 892
Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr., Coll. No. 341, Letter Press Book No. 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 892
Business and Industry - Construction
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Construction
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Construction
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Tecumseh
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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