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Eli Thayer, writing from Worcester, Massachusetts to Thomas H. Webb, secretary of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, expressed his positive impression of the Emigrant Aid Company founded in Connecticut. He also expressed his distrust of the American Settlement Company and the New York League, two other emigrant aid organizations.
Creator: Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
Date: March 3, 1855
Item Number: 1779
Call Number: New England Emigrant Aid Company, Manuscript Coll. No. 624, Box 1, Folder 4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 1779
Collections - Manuscript - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899
People - Notable People - Webb, Thomas Hopkins, 1801-1866
Places - Other States - Connecticut
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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