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The rules identify the conditions under which Congregational churches or societies receive funds for building a Congregational church in a specific community. The money came from the "Fore Father's Day Fund" which was to be used to erect churches in the West. Samuel Adair was a member of the committee which met in Topeka, Kansas Territory.
Creator: Congregational Church Building Committee
Date: March 23, 1858
Item Number: 90220
Call Number: Samuel & Florella Adair Coll. #161 Box 5 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90220
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Adair, Samuel and Florella
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Community Life - Religion - Places of Worship
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Home and Family - Daily life
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Adair, Samuel Lyle, 1811-1898
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Counties - Shawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters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/90220