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W.F.M. Arny, agent of the National Kansas Committee, continues to send Thaddeus Hyatt, president of this committee, copies of letters he had received from Kansas settlers. These letters describe the economic conditions resulting from the continued drought during 1860. The reports were submitted by Rev. J. W. Fox of Ridgeway, Kansas Territory; the "Committee on the Little Osage" of Bourbon County, Kansas Territory; Dr. I. W. Robinson of Manhattan, Kansas Territory; and Joseph M. Todd and others of Greenwood Township in Greenwood County, Kansas Territory.
Creator: Arny, W. F. M. (William Frederick Milton), 1813-1881
Date: October 15, 1860
Item Number: 90418
Call Number: Thaddeus Hyatt Coll. #401 Box 2 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90418
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Livestock
Collections - Manuscript - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - National Kansas Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Arny, William Frederick Milton, 1813-1881
People - Notable People - Hyatt, Thaddeus
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Cities and towns - Ridgeway
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Places - Counties - Osage
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Counties - Shawnee
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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