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Writing to his brother from Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas, Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson, a native of Indiana and follower of James Montgomery in southeast Kansas, described a variety of mundane matters regarding conditions in Kansas, including land claims and the construction of a steam sawmill on the river.
Creator: Anderson, J. G.
Date: August 23, 1857
Item Number: 90061
Call Number: Richard Hinton Coll. #384 Box 1 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90061
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Labor - Farmers
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials - Sawmills
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Manuscript - Hinton, Richard
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Environment - Natural resources - Timber
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Government and Politics - Local Government - County
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Other States - Missouri
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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