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This letter and accompanying list of forthcoming relief supplies (shirts, dresses, over coats, etc.) is directed to William Hutchinson, "Treasurer Kanzas Committee," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Brattleboro, Vermont. Three boxes of clothing had been sent, and Higginson reminds Hutchinson that it was "very important that in this case & in all cases, prompt acknowledgement should be made of the receipt of everything contributed to Kanzas." People need to know that their contributions were getting through and that they were appreciated.
Creator: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
Date: October 27, 1856
Item Number: 90550
Call Number: James Blood Coll. # 281 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90550
Collections - Manuscript - Blood, James
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - National Kansas Committee
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Home and Family - Clothing
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing
People - Notable Kansans - Hutchinson, William
People - Notable People - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Places - Other States - Vermont
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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