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Reverend Samuel L. Adair wrote from Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, to describe the physical characteristics of Kansas and the efforts being made on behalf of the free state cause in the territory. The letter detailed efforts to establish Congregational churches in Kansas, and described the activities of other denominations.
Creator: Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Date: Around 1856
Item Number: 90184
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 5 Folder 7
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90184
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Environment - Landscape
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Lykins (1855-1861)
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters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/90184