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This letter was written by Martin Stowell from Lexington, Kansas Territory. He describes his journey to Kansas Territory and the movements of his emigrant train, of which he was elected military head. He also writes about the local vegetation and his belief that he could make a fine home in this country. Stowell also gives his friend advice about the best route into Kansas Territory and recommends that all mail be sent through Nebraska City, Nebraska, or Burlington, Iowa, so correspondence would not pass through a slave state. Stowell also asks the recipient of the letter to forward it to Reverend Thomas W. Higginson, agent of the Massachusetts Kansas Aid Committee, in Worchester, Massachusetts.
Creator: Stowell, Martin
Date: August 15, 1856
Item Number: 90648
Call Number: Thomas W. Higginson Coll. #380 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90648
Collections - Manuscript - Higginson, Thomas W.
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Places - Counties - Brown
Places - Other States - Iowa
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Places - Rivers - Missouri
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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