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Whitman writes from (presumably) Lawrence, Kansas Territory, to ask Samuel Adair for his assistance in distributing remaining relief clothing before winter. He includes instructions for notifying the public of the availability of relief goods and indicates that whomever Adair "knows to be in absolute want" should have first priority. Whitman feels the task of distribution would not take longer than one week. He also wants Adair to estimate the number of poor families in his [Adair's] community.
Creator: Whitman, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1812-1883
Date: October 5, 1857
Item Number: 90117
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 6 Folder 14
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90117
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Miami
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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