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S. N. Wood, Relief Agent for Chase County, and master of the Falls Grange subordinate chapter of the Patrons of Husbandry (Kansas State Grange), composed this circular for distribution to other subordinate granges in Chase County. The circular requests information on members' needs for farm relief. The circular demonstrates the broad, but often inadequate, network of social services provided by agricultural fraternities in the 1870s and the desperate conditions farmers faced during unfavorable economic or environmental conditions. George Wood (master of a subordinate grange in Chase County) provided his response by writing his answers in the margins.
Creator: Wood, S. N. (Samuel Newitt)
Date: January 1, 1875-March 12, 1875
Item Number: 209089
Call Number: Chase County History Coll. #671, Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209089
Agriculture - Farm organizations - Grange
Collections - Manuscript - History - Chase County
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief
Date - 1870s - 1875
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Handbill
Places - Counties - Chase
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
Type of Material - Printed materials - Ephemera
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