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In this draft letter, Samuel Adair writes from Hudson, Ohio, discussing his plans to meet with a "Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society" party in Chicago. Adair indicates his family consisted of four people and describes the quantity of boxes and luggage they would bring with them. He also writes that he disapproved of traveling on the Sabbath.
Creator: Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Date: September 19, 1854
Item Number: 90119
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 7 Folder 12
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90119
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1854
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel L.
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Ohio
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/90119
